Confusion of Form and Function in Tense-Aspect

Fundamentally different approaches have been taken [in the past century of research on tense and aspect] … so that definitions have been based on (a) formal, (b) cognitive (c) functional or (d) real world categories. A variety of different analyses therefore becomes possible, each with its own justification. Some might want to label as future [...]

Occasional Surveys in the History of Greek Grammar: G. B. Winer (1825)

Georg Benedikt Winer was a German grammarian and theologian from Leipzig, best known for his work, Grammatik des neutestamentlichen Sprachidioms.[1] This grammar was then translated in 1825 under the title, A Greek Grammar of the New Testament.[2] The first edition would quickly grow from just under two under two hundred pages to nearly 900 pages [...]

A comment on lexicons: ἘΠΙΣΗΜΟΣ

If a lexicon, say, BDAG, gives two entries for a word and one is entirely positive and the other is entirely negative, as below: ἐπίσημος, ον (σῆμα, ‘sign’; Trag., Hdt.+). ① of exceptional quality, splendid, prominent, outstanding (Hdt., Trag. et al.; pap, LXX, EpArist, Philo; Joseph.) κριὸς ἐ. ἐκ ποιμνίου a splendid ram fr. the [...]