| 15. Linguistic Exegesis kai legon {καὶ λέγων | kaì légōn} ‘and saying’ introduces the direct discourse as a participial clause linked to the previous narrative. The vocative Kyrie {Κύριε | Kýrie} ‘Lord’ marks an urgent petition. The aorist imperative eleeson {ἐλέησόν | eléēson} ‘have mercy’ conveys a decisive plea, with mou {μου | mou} ‘my’ and ton huion {τὸν υἱόν | tòn huión} ‘the son’ specifying personal concern. The conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hóti} ‘because’ signals a causal clause: seleniazetai {σεληνιάζεται | selēniázetai} ‘is moonstruck’ uses a passive form reflecting chronic affliction linked to lunar influence, and the coordinated adverbial clause kai kakōs paskhei {καὶ κακῶς πάσχει | kaí kakōs páskhei} ‘and he suffers badly’ intensifies his condition. The adverb pollákis {πολλάκις | pollákis} ‘often’ with gar {γὰρ | gàr} ‘for’ introduces recurring incidents: piptei eis to pûr {πίπτει εἰς τὸ πῦρ | píptēi eis tò pûr} ‘he falls into the fire’ and pollákis eis to hýdōr {πολλάκις εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ | pollákis eis tò hýdōr} ‘and often into the water’, with parallel structure underscoring life-threatening repetition. |