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See also: τί; ό,τι; and Appendix:Variations of "ti"

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ti/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ti/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti/

Pronoun

τι • (ti)

neuter nominative/accusative singular of τις (tis): something

References

Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- account idem, page 7.
- accuse idem, page 8.
- anything idem, page 33.
- ask idem, page 44.
- babe idem, page 57.
- cast idem, page 116.
- engender idem, page 274.
- examine idem, page 287.
- hand idem, page 382.
- hurl idem, page 411.
- impatience idem, page 419.
- implant idem, page 421.
- impress idem, page 423.
- imprint idem, page 424.
- impute idem, page 425.
- inspire idem, page 446.
- lay idem, page 480.
- mean idem, page 519.
- novelty idem, page 562.
- partly idem, page 595.
- plot idem, page 621.
- requisition idem, page 700.
- safe-keeping idem, page 730.
- shelter idem, page 764.
- something idem, page 793.
- spark idem, page 798.
- stamp idem, page 810.
- submit idem, page 831.
- subordinate idem, page 831.
- suggest idem, page 836.
- throw idem, page 871.
- touch idem, page 884.
- trace idem, page 884.
- trifle idem, page 895.
- ward idem, page 964.
- what idem, page 974.
- witness idem, page 985.

Greek

Alternative forms

τί (tí) (polytonic spelling)

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek τί (tí), neuter of the interrogative pronoun τίς; (tís?, “who?”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Pronoun

τι • (ti) (indeclinable) interrogative

what?
Τι θέλετε;
Ti thélete?
What do you (pl.) want?

Προς τι;
Pros ti;
What for?
(polytonic spelling: πρὸς τί;)
(rhetorical, for stress): how, what
Τι ομορφιά!
Ti omorfiá!
How beautiful, what beauty!
anything, something, a little

Synonyms

ποιο (poio)

Derived terms

(singular, informal): τι κάνεις; (ti káneis?, “how do you do?”)
(plural, formal): τι κάνετε; (ti kánete?, “how do you do?”)

Etymology 2

Interjection

τι • (ti)

what
Τι; Είπε τέτοιο πράγμα;
Ti; Eípe tétoio prágma?
What? He said that?

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