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On Fri, 28 Oct 1994, Penn State is #1 wrote:
> I have what must seem like a very mundane question, but one that I would like ananswer to nonetheless. It concerns middle voice and/or deponent verbs. How
> do you parse these, specifically what voice do you give them? For example,
> apokrinomai, "I answer," is of course passive in form, but active in meaning.
> Would you instruct a student to parse it as first person, singular, present,
> deponent, indicative? Or would you recommend 1st pers., sing., pres., MIDDLE,
> indicative. I have seen both done, and I am not sure what is normal procedure.
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> Andy Smith
I don't know what _normal_ procedure is, but I have them parse these
forms as '. . . deponent. . .' rather than '. . . middle. . .' since this
procedure shows me that they recognize not only the form, but the
function as well. If they parse the forms as middle, I can't tell if they
know the verb is deponent or if they just recognize the ending as a
middle voice ending.
Micheal Palmer
Mellon Research Fellow in Greek Linguistics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
References:
- memo
- From: Penn State is #1 <asmith@cornerstone.edu>