Meaning of the Word ἐλθούσης

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Bernd Strauss
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Meaning of the Word ἐλθούσης

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Is the most literal rendering of the word ἐλθούσης “came”? Or is it “having come” (if the word is a participle)?

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For me seems to be a passive femenine aorist in the genitive singular, which the nominative is ἐλθοῦσα.

Check here http://ucbclassics.dreamhosters.com/anc ... s4BOM.html the section number 61. Participles in -ούς, -οῦσα, -όν and also here the section of the aorist https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%9 ... E%B1%CE%B9

Yes, it´s a participle and the translation depends of the context and the function. This one is a genitive so could be a genitive absolut or a simply participle as adjetive, again all depends on the context.

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Thank you. I can see that the word ἐλθούσης can be translated as “came” or “having come” depending on the context.

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The best English translation could be a great many things, depending on the context. Even "having approached for sexual relations".

ἐλθούσης παρὰ τὸν ὀνοφορβὸν ἔτεκε Δημαρήτον.
“One might get one’s Greek from the very lips of Homer and Plato." "In which case they would certainly plough you for the Little-go. The German scholars have improved Greek so much.”

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