Pronoun: Genitive, dative

MorphologyPronoun – Genitive, dative (1s)

• The μ marks the 1st person (just like the acc pronoun, με).
• The gen μου is similar to the gen article τοῦ.
• The dat μοι has the characteristic ι of the dat.
• Both μου and μοι are enclitics.

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MorphologyPronoun – Genitive, dative 2s

• The 2s forms are identical to the 1s forms except for the initial σ rather than μ.
• Both σου and σοι are enclitics.

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MorphologyPronoun – Genitive, dative (1p)

• Like the nom and acc 1p pronouns, the gen and dat start with ἡμ-.
• The gen pl has the typical -ων.
• The dat pl has the typical ι plus a final ν.

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MorphologyPronoun – Genitive, dative (2p)

• The 2p forms are identical to the 1p forms (see 11.2.4.1) except that the ἡ- is replaced with ὑ-.

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SemanticsNoun – Dative case (Core vs. Non-core dative)

In 3.1.4.2, we said that the dative can introduce the recipient of a transfer of possession event, as in αὐτὸς δίδωσι ἡμῖν σπέρμα ‘he is giving us a seed.’ In this example, the dative is referring to a participant in the event, since ‘us’ represents the people that are receiving the seed being given. However, the dative case can also be used to introduce people that are not participants in the event but might be affected by the event in some way. This type of dative has been called a “ non-core dative ,” while the dative that introduces an argument has been called a “ core dative .”1 Two non-core datives are found in 2 Cor 5:13:

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PhonologyContraction of the augment

We called the initial ε of the Aorist an augment. When this vowel combines with a verb that also begins with a vowel, the ε will often contract with the vowel. For example, εἶπον ‘said’ has a stem that begins with ει, so the form we should expect is εειπον. However, the initial ε contracts with the ει, so the form is εἶπον. Other contractions will also take place with the augment.

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