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Verb: Luo medio-passive, Aorist middle infinitive
Luo medio-passive, Aorist middle infinitive is a verb topic in Koine (biblical) Greek. This page gathers its forms, paradigms, and function, drawn from the lessons of Reading Greek Deeply.
MorphologyVerb – Luo medio-passive, Aorist middle infinitive
- med-psv Luo and mid Aorist infs both end in -σθαι
- In Luo and Efagon this ending begins with ε; in the Sigmatic Aorist, it begins with σα
- The accenting is regressive in Luo and Elusa, but falls on the penultima in Efagon
| Infinitive (‘to become’) | Infinitive (‘to taste’) | |
|---|---|---|
| Luo medio-passive | γίν-εσθαι | γεύ-εσθαι |
| Efagon middle | γεν-έσθαι | - |
| Elusa middle | - | γεύ-σασθαι |
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SyntaxVerb – Infinitive (2 – Purpose adjunct)
In addition to infinitives being used as complements (see 16.2.4.2), they are also commonly found as adjuncts after verbs that do not require them. When used as an adjunct, infinitives are often interpreted as indicating the purpose of the subject for doing the action described by the main verb:
- (248) Infinitive adjunct indicating purpose
- καὶ ἀνέστη ἀναγνῶναι (Luke 4:16)
- And he stood up to read
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PhonologyEnclitic rule 8 (focused enclitic retains)
Sometimes we see an enclitic accented in an environment we wouldn’t normally expect, as in this example given by Carson:
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