τούτος
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Greek
Alternative forms
- ετούτος (etoútos)
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek τοῦτος (toûtos), from Ancient Greek οὗτος (hoûtos, “this”).
Pronunciation
Determiner
τούτος • (toútos) m (feminine τούτη, neuter τούτο) demonstrative determiner
- (formal) this, this one, that
- Τούτος εδώ είναι ο αδελφός μου. ― Toútos edó eínai o adelfós mou. ― This one here is my brother.
- Πέραν τούτου, η ιδέα δεν είχε νόημα. ― Péran toútou, i idéa den eíche nóima. ― Beyond that, the idea didn't make sense.
- Τούτο μόνο σου ζητώ και τίποτε άλλο. ― Toúto móno sou zitó kai típote állo. ― I ask you only this and nothing else.
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | τούτος (toútos) | τούτη (toúti) | τούτο (toúto) | τούτοι (toútoi) | τούτες (toútes) | τούτα (toúta) | |
| genitive | τούτου (toútou) | τούτης (toútis) | τούτου (toútou) | τούτων (toúton) | τούτων (toúton) | τούτων (toúton) | |
| accusative | τούτο (toúto) | τούτη (toúti) | τούτο (toúto) | τούτους (toútous) | τούτες (toútes) | τούτα (toúta) | |
| vocative | τούτε (toúte) | τούτη (toúti) | τούτο (toúto) | τούτοι (toútoi) | τούτες (toútes) | τούτα (toúta) | |
Notes: Pronouns, without vocative cases.
Synonyms
- αυτός (aftós, “this”) (more colloquial)
Derived terms
- άλλο πάλι και τούτο (állo páli kai toúto)
- άνευ τούτου (ánef toútou, “without it”)
- επί τούτω (epí toúto, “ad hoc”)
- επί τούτοις (epí toútois, “intentionally”)
- και τούτο και το άλλο (kai toúto kai to állo, “this and that”)
- καλό και τούτο (kaló kai toúto)
- προς τούτο (pros toúto)
- προς τούτοις (pros toútois, “moreover”)
- τούτου δοθέντος (toútou dothéntos, “therefore, ergo”)
- ως εκ τούτου (os ek toútou, “therefore, ergo”)
Further reading
- τούτος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language