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48 PRONOMEN ABUNDANS AND PRONOMEN CONIUNCTUM
1.2. The main purpose
The main purpose of this part will be to study the phenomenon of the
pronomen coniunctum in early Modern Greek. It is the resumpt. pronoun,
sometimes demonstrative, mostly personal, which is used to clarify the
meaning of the connective 8nov or ónov, which has taken the place of
the old relat. pronouns 8ç f} 8 and 8crclÇ ijnç 8n 1M • We shall therefore
begin with a discussion on the use of 8nov and shall oontinue by speaking
about two other relat. pronouns used in early Modern Greek, viz. -ro"
-r~" -ro and the more recent ó notoç 155.
2. "Onov
"Onov (or ónov) 156 is an indeclinable word, a connective, which reminds
one very much of the Semitic nota relationis l57 • It may denote the subject
of the relat. clause, but also the object (direct and indirect), the possessor
and even prepositional phrases. It is understandable that a "relat. pronoun"
like this causes indistinctness. And thus, in order to avoid this obscurity,
the pronomen coniunctum is used. It will be the subject of this chapter
to find out how and when this resumpt. pronoun is used. We shall do
this by reviewing all the cases which are denoted by it, beginning with
the nominative.
2.1. Nominative
This case is never clarified by the resumpt. pronoun. It is used with and
without antecedent. I shall restrict myself to giving some instances from
the earlier texts.
2.1.1. Without antecedent
Prodrom. III 187
Ai, -raovxxa ónov -rà lf3áa-raa8v!
Alex. Comn. 382-3
8nov OVfL6v8-ral no'uà Xl oey{C8-rat fL8yáJ..a,
fL6voç -rov y{V8t' UOlXOÇ .••
Kall. 1542-3
yij xal ovbÈv blxáC8aal xal fL6vov xa-rantvuç
ónoV fLäç lxov6f11JC18'V dl" aVfLf/Joeàv ÈTov-r1]v;
2.1.2. With antecedent
Mich. Glyk. 208-9
IIoÎo.Îo.à -rov [xw eVxale1]~V
8X8lVOV -rov yovÉav
ónov blM~n yeáfLfLa-ra nod -rov -ro naLMv -rov.
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164 Or better 8ç i/nç ö. See I 2.1.2.2.
155 The use and function of the relat. pronoun 8ç ij ö, which especially in the
earlier texts is UBed quite of ten , will be discussed in the third part of this study.
168 For its origin as arelat. pronoun, see 111 3 etc.
151 See, however, 111 1.3.