Why does Logos tag some verbs as "either middle or passive"?

Lee Patmore
Lee Patmore Member Posts: 33 ✭✭
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I was running this search hoping to locate all the places where ἐν τῷ is followed by a present (either middle or passive) infinitive.

"ἐν τῷ" BEFORE 1 WORD morph.g:VP[MP]N

It returns 12 results in 6 verses in the NA28. But it doesn't return four verses (Luke 9:29,33; 10:35; 17:11) where the present infinitive is tagged "either middle or passive".

What is the point of this designation? It has the effect of hiding results.

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  • Nord Zootman
    Nord Zootman Member Posts: 597 ✭✭

    If both of those would be a valid parsing, then it would be improper for it to be designated one or the other as that would be an interpretative issue.

  • Bradley Grainger (Logos)
    Bradley Grainger (Logos) Administrator, Logos Employee Posts: 12,037

    You may wish to adjust your morph query to one of the following:

    • morph.g:VP[MU]N - middle and "either middle or passive"
    • morph.g:VP[PU]N - passive and "either middle or passive"
    • morph.g:VP[MPU]N - middle, passive, and "either middle or passive"

    The last query, in particular, will add in the four results you said were missing.

  • Lee Patmore
    Lee Patmore Member Posts: 33 ✭✭

    Thanks Nord.

    The designation "either middle or passive" may be a helpful interpretive insight but it is unhelpful when doing a morphological search. As it stands in Logos if I search for all the middle forms of an infinitive or all the passive forms of an infinitive it will not return Luke 9:29 (προσεύχεσθαι). How can that be? It's either a middle or a passive. But Logos in their wisdom tags it as "either middle or passive" which has the effect of hiding it from a search parameter which should find it.

    Bradley,

    Thanks. I did figure this out on my own as a work around. But that's the point.

    Lee

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