Words of the Month (February 2023)

1. Parataxis and hypotaxis (English)-See the explanation given here: https://dcc.dickinson.edu/grammar/goodell/parataxis-and-hypotaxis

Parataxis connects or coordinates sentences or clauses whereas hypotaxis refers to grammatical subordination: "A sentence is subordinate when it is made part of another, with the value of a noun, adjective, or adverb."

2. Monogenes/μονογενής (Greek)-See https://www.billmounce.com/greek-dictionary/monogenes

There is some debate as to whether the word means "only, unique, sui generis" or "only-begotten."

Latin Vulgate-Judges 11:34: revertenti autem Iepthae in Maspha domum suam occurrit unigenita filia cum tympanis et choris non enim habebat alios liberos

Translation: "And when Jephte returned into Maspha, to his house, his only daughter met him with timbrels and with dances: for he had no other children."

LXX: καὶ ἦλθεν Ιεφθαε εἰς Μασσηφα εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτοῦ ἐξεπορεύετο εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτοῦ ἐν τυμπάνοις καὶ χοροῗς καὶ αὕτη μονογενὴς αὐτῷ ἀγαπητή καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ πλὴν αὐτῆς υἱὸς ἢ θυγάτηρ