Verb – Eluon medio-passive singular

ObjectivesLearning objectives

The morphology of the Eluon medio-passive (sg)
The semantics of the ingressive use of Eluon

VocabularyVocabulary

Greek	Gloss	Part of speech	Paradigm
ἕως	until	conjunction
πρωΐ	early morning	adverb
καταγγέλλω σοι ὅτι	(I) proclaim to you (dat) that	verb	C.a.ι
μακάριος, -α, -ον	blessed	adjective	A.a.β
παιδεύω σε	(I) train you (acc)	verb	C.a.α
ἑώρακα τινα	(I) have seen something/one (acc)	verb	C.a.α

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MorphologyMorphology: Verb – Eluon medio-passive singular

Remember: Eluon begins with the augment and uses the Luo stem (see 15.1.3.1)
The theme vowels are the same as the Luo: ‘ο’ in 1s, and ‘ε’ in 2s and 3s
The endings are -μην, -σο, and -το
In the 2s, the σ of -σο drops out, and the theme vowel ε and remaining ο contract to -ου, e.g. εσο → εο → ου).

Morphology: Verb – Eluon medio-passive singular

	Singular
1st Person	ἐ-μαχ-όμην
2nd Person	ἐ-μάχ-ου
3rd Person	ἐ-μάχ-ετο

SemanticsSemantics: Verb – Eluon (4 – Ingressive)

Verb – Eluon: all 4 parts on one page →Also in Lesson 15.1, Lesson 16.1, Lesson 22.2

Although some grammars use the terms ingressive and inchoative interchangeably, we use the term inchoative to refer to the beginning of a state and “ingressive” to refer to the beginning of an event. Whereas the inchoative is typically expressed with the Aorist, Eluon is the normal form for the ingressive. Both inchoatives and ingressives refer to the initial temporal boundary of an eventuality:

Example 180The beginning of an event

ἀνέβη Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ ἐδίδασκεν (John 7:14)

Jesus went up to the temple and started teaching

The ingressive interpretation is salient here because there must be a temporal boundary between Jesus going up to the temple and him beginning to teach. He was not teaching as he made his way up to the temple, since we know from the context that he was in the temple when he taught. This creates a temporal boundary between Jesus’s going up and his teaching. After Jesus goes up, he then begins to teach. Because the beginning of the teaching event is referred to, we have an ingressive interpretation.

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