[] βουλευσεται in Lk 14:31 Jennifer Chiou vze2pn8x at verizon.net
Fri Feb 28 08:54:31 εστ 2003
[] Learning βιβλε γρεεκ [] βουλευσεται in Lk 14:31 Luke 14:31 … πρωτον βουλευσεται ει δυνατοσ εστιν …ι‘m translating it “will first take counsel (with himself) if he isable”, taking the middle βουλευσεται to mean “to take counsel withoneself” (cf. ρωπ, βαγδ)How should this middle be classified? The force seems to suggest”Reciprocal Middle”, if we could think of the subject to be plural (as,he’s having a conference amongst himself, one says this, the other saysthat…). Or is this really a “Indirect Middle”, with the emphasis onhe’s having a conference βυ ηιμσελφ?Peace,Jennifer Chiou
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[] βουλευσεται in Lk 14:31 Carl ω. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Feb 28 09:05:25 εστ 2003
[] βουλευσεται in Lk 14:31 [] Learning βιβλε γρεεκ At 8:54 αμ -0500 2/28/03, Jennifer Chiou wrote:>Luke 14:31 … πρωτον βουλευσεται ει δυνατοσ εστιν …> >ι‘m translating it “will first take counsel (with himself) if he is>able”, taking the middle βουλευσεται to mean “to take counsel with>oneself” (cf. ρωπ, βαγδ)> >How should this middle be classified? The force seems to suggest>“Reciprocal Middle”, if we could think of the subject to be plural (as,>he’s having a conference amongst himself, one says this, the other says>that…). Or is this really a “Indirect Middle”, with the emphasis on>he’s having a conference βυ ηιμσελφ?It’s worth noting that some lexica, including βδαγ, list this verb asBOULEUW although βδαγ rightly notes that it is found only in the middle inthe γντ and the middle is common even in Attic prose. ι think the simplefact is that the sense of deliberation naturally falls into the middlevoice with its focus upon self-interested action, so that the sense ofBOULEUSETAI in the Lucan passage is, “will deliberate (in his own interest)whether he is capable …”– Carl ω. ConradDepartment of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, νξ 28714/(828) 675-4243cwconrad at artsci.wustl.eduWWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/
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