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Greek
- (obsolete/hypercorrect) ό⸒τι (ó⸒ti) (i.e. with the hypodiastole Unicode character, rather than a comma)
- (dated) ο τι (o ti)
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ὅ τι (hó ti), also written ὅ,τι (hó,ti), neuter singular of ὅστις (hóstis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈo.ti/ - compare to the unaccented pronunciation of the conjunction ότι (óti)
- Hyphenation: ό‧τι
Pronoun
ό,τι • (ó,ti) (indeclinable) (relative pronoun)
- whatever
- (in place of a noun) that which
- Synonym: οτιδήποτε (otidípote)
Είναι κακομαθημένο παιδί· ό,τι θέλει, του το δίνουν.- Eínai kakomathiméno paidí; ó,ti thélei, tou to dínoun.
- He's a spoiled child; they give him anything he wants.
Κάνε ό,τι θέλεις, δεν μ’ ενδιαφέρει πια.- Káne ó,ti théleis, den m’ endiaférei pia.
- Do whatever you want, I don't care anymore.
- Θα κάνω ό,τι μπορώ. ― Tha káno ó,ti boró. ― I'll do what I can.
- (in place of an adjective + noun) any, whoever/whatever
- Synonym: όποιος (ópoios)
Ό,τιόποιος καθηγητής και αν με διδάξει, εγώ δε θα καταλάβω τίποτα.- Ó,tiópoios kathigitís kai an me didáxei, egó de tha katalávo típota.
- Whoever professor teaches me, I'll understand nothing. (literally, double negation: I will not understand nothing.)
Ό,τιόποιον καιρό έχει η Αθήνα, έχει περίπου και η Πελοπόννησος.- Ó,tiópoion kairó échei i Athína, échei perípou kai i Pelopónnisos.
- Whatever weather Athens has, also approximately has the Peloponnese.
Derived terms
- ό,τι πιο (ó,ti pio) (with πιο + adjective, to form superlative adjectives)
- ό,τι και αν (ó,ti kai an) / ό,τι κι αν (ó,ti ki an) & ό,τι και να (ó,ti kai na) + phrase = "in contrast with, inspite of, whatever (situation)"
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Further reading
- ό,τι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ό,τι - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)