Wednesday, December 22, 2010

An Example of the -ion Diminutive Suffix in the Gospel

He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum!" which means, "Little girl (κοράσιον) I say to you, get up!" [Mark 5:41]

κοράσιον = κόρη + σ + ιον ?


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