verbs, which may display only a limited number of the three verbal paradigms). The result is that these verbs offer no meaningful choice between one aspect and another. These verbs, of which εἰμί is the primary example,1 are called aspectually vague. Aspectually vague verbs may be used in any verbal context since they do not carry the semantic weight of perfective, imperfective or stative verbal aspect. Consequently, one must be cautious in giving interpretative significance to use of one of
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