Luk 12:45 | RWP | e4.org | Shall say ( ειπη ). Second aorist subjunctive, with εαν , condition of the third class, undetermined, but with prospect of being determined. Delayeth ( χρονιζε ). From χρονος , time, spends time, lingers. Shall begin ( αρξητα ). First aorist middle subjunctive with εαν and the same condition as ειπη , above. The menservants ( τους παιδας ) and the maidservants ( κα τας παιδισκας ). Παιδισκη is a diminutive of παις for a young female slave and occurs in the papyri, orginally just a damsel. Here παις can mean slave also though strictly just a boy.

‏ Luke 12:45

Shall say ( ειπη ). Second aorist subjunctive, with εαν, condition of the third class, undetermined, but with prospect of being determined.

Delayeth ( χρονιζε ). From χρονος, time, spends time, lingers.

Shall begin ( αρξητα ). First aorist middle subjunctive with εαν and the same condition as ειπη, above.

The menservants ( τους παιδας )

and the maidservants ( κα τας παιδισκας ). Παιδισκη is a diminutive of παις for a young female slave and occurs in the papyri, orginally just a damsel. Here παις can mean slave also though strictly just a boy.