Paul Danove, «The 'aiteo' / 'aiteomai' Distinction in the New Testament: A Proposal.» filologia-neotestamentaria, Vol. 25 (2012) 101-118 page 118

Vol 25 (2012)

Paul Danove, «The 'aiteo' / 'aiteomai' Distinction in the New Testament: A Proposal.», Vol. 25 (2012) 101-118

This article investigates the seventy New Testament occurrences of aiteo to determine the motivation for and distinctive implications of the verb’s active and middle forms. The introductory discussion specifies the semantic and syntactic characteristics of aiteo and develops two features that have implications for distinguishing verbal usages. The discussion then proposes the distinction between active and middle forms and demonstrates this distinction in occurrences of the verb.

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118 Paul Danove 5. The Active/Middle Distinction These investigations verify that the middle forms consistently signal the recognition of unfulfilled constraints that exceed those assumed by the particular conceptualization of αἰτέω. When the contexts introduce no added explicit or implicit constraints on the action or there is a recognition that added explicit or implicit constraints on the action are fulfilled, the verb forms are active. When there is recognition that added explicit or implicit constraints on the action are not fulfilled, the verb forms are middle. Paul DANOVE Department of Theology Villanova University 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085 U.S.A. paul.danove@villanova.edu