Is there a resource we can obtain by right clicking on a deponent verb that would flag for us, that although the morphology is middle/passive, the function is active in voice? Thanks!
I don't think so. I can only point to this discussion http://community.logos.com/forums/p/19644/148484.aspx#148484
Haven't looked at the thread, but Swanson's morphology has "Deponent" as a voice (in addition to the normal Active/Middle/Passive). One could probably use that to make a spiffy visual filter.
I did make a filter using the Swanson UBS4...it was a breeze.
Thanks Rick, I made a filter using Swanson's Greek N.T. also. I had no idea there were so many "deponent" verbs.
Thanks Dave, the link was enlightening. For me, seminary was twenty five years ago. Logos has really helped me begin to use the original languages more and bring me up to date on more recent scholarship.
On deponency in Swanson, you should be a bit careful. This is only my deduction, but from what I've seen about Swanson and deponency (and deponent lemma forms), he treats the NT as a corpus, and if a word occurs in middle/passive but possibly active in meaning in the NT, then he marks it as deponent. A larger corpus might decrease the number/proportion of seemingly deponent verbs.
An alternate take on deponency is that of Carl Conrad. If you're looking into deponency in general, you need to read his stuff. Check it out here: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~cwconrad/GrkVc.html
Thanks Rick, I made a filter using Swanson's Greek N.T. also. I had no idea there were so many "deponent" verbs. On deponency in Swanson, you should be a bit careful. This is only my deduction, but from what I've seen about Swanson and deponency (and deponent lemma forms), he treats the NT as a corpus, and if a word occurs in middle/passive but possibly active in meaning in the NT, then he marks it as deponent. A larger corpus might decrease the number/proportion of seemingly deponent verbs. An alternate take on deponency is that of Carl Conrad. If you're looking into deponency in general, you need to read his stuff. Check it out here: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~cwconrad/GrkVc.html
Number 12 may not be the meat point of the article but simplification and clarification is very helpful considering the volume of resources available and their mix.
Thanks!! [:D] [Y]
Indeed, its too bad that modern introductory and intermediate grammars don't follow #12.
