Rod Decker Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Is it possible (and if so, how) to generate a list of all the verb forms that have traditionally been classed as deponents in a given corpus? i.e., all verbs that have a lexical form ending in -μαι (or -μην). I tried: +*μαι <AND> [VERB] But this also lists *nouns* that are built from verb roots (and it also highlights invalid forms (though I haven't figured out why), e.g., running the search in Mark highlights ἐγένετο, βαπτίζων, and κηρύσσων. Correct = ἐγένετο, but the other two are puzzling. My guess is that these are all the verbs that occur in a verse that also have a word whose root ends in μαι. I then tried: +*μαι @ [VERB] That's an improvement, but it still hits words such as ἀποδοκιμάζω and ἀπορέω, presumably since they are compounds formed from δέχομαι and πορεύομαι. So this still isn't what I want. And I'm out of ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Bennett Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Dr. Decker, Try taking out the "+". Here's what I tried - (*mai, *mhn)@ [VERB] - which yielded 4100 results (428 for Mark) and none of the incorrect forms you listed were being included. You could also do a construct search. Drag the LEX box down and type in (*mai, *mhn), then a VERB box and leave empty. Results are the same. Does this help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Decker Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 Duh! Yep. Makes sense too. I was making it too hard. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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