Verb – Luo medio-passive subjunctive

ObjectivesLearning objectives

The morphology of the Luo medio-passive subjunctive
The semantics of the subjunctive in questioning obligations

VocabularyVocabulary

Greek	Gloss	Part of speech	Paradigm
ἡ πλευρά, -ᾶς	the side	noun	B.a.α.ii
εὔκοπος, -ον	easier	adjective	A.a.γ
ὁ ἀμπελών, -ῶνος	the vineyard	noun	B.a.γ.vii(c)
ἄξιος, -α, -ον	worthy	adjective	A.a.β
εὐλογεῖ σε	(he) praises you (acc)	verb	C.a.β
μακρόθεν	far	adverb

MorphologyMorphology: Verb – Luo medio-passive subjunctive

The Luo med-psv subj lengthens the theme vowel of the ind forms.
The vowel in the ind 2s form was already long, so the subj form is identical.

Morphology: Verb – Luo medio-passive subjunctive

	Singular	Plural
1st	πορεύ-ωμαι	πορευ-ώμεθα
2nd	πορεύ-ῃ	πορεύ-ησθε
3rd	πορεύ-ηται	πορεύ-ωνται

SemanticsSemantics: Verb – Subjunctive (5 – Questioning obligations)

Verb – Subjunctive: all 2 parts on one page →Also in Lesson 29.3

Subjunctives are often used in interrogative clauses to question obligations. One of the most famous examples of this is where Jesus is questioned about whether the Jews should pay taxes to Caesar or not:

Example 280Questioning obligations

δῶμεν ἤ μὴ δῶμεν; (Mark 12:14)

Should we give or not give ?

In this context, the use of the subjunctive means ‘Are we obligated to give or not?’ The subjunctive is not used to place someone under an obligation, but it is used to reference an obligation that is being questioned.

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