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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Pronoun
τί • (tí)
- neuter nominative/accusative singular of τίς (tís), what?
- oxytone form of τι (ti) before an enclitic, neuter nominative/accusative singular of τις (tis)
Etymology 2
Adverbial accusative of τίς (tís, “what”).
Adverb
τί • (tí)
- why?
References
- “τί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accomplish idem, page 6.
- account idem, page 7.
- acquire idem, page 9.
- adjudge idem, page 12.
- advise idem, page 15.
- ground idem, page 375.
- heap idem, page 391.
- heart idem, page 392.
- lose idem, page 500.
- what idem, page 974.
- wherefore idem, page 975.
- why idem, page 978.
Greek
Pronoun
τί • (tí) m interrogative
- Polytonic spelling of τι; (ti?, “what?”)