τις

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷis (“who, what”). Cognates include Latin quis and Hittite 𒆪𒅖 (kuiš). Compare its interrogative form τίς (tís, “who?”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Pronoun

τῐς • (tis) (with ἔγκλισις, moving back its accent)

  1. (indefinite, masculine/feminine) someone, anyone, a certain one
    ναὸς m (naòs, “temple”) & τὶς … → ναός τις … (the grave accent of τὶς moves back and replaces grave with acute)
    κῆπος m (kêpos, “garden”) & τὶς → κῆπός τις (the grave accent of τὶς moves back as acute)
  2. (indefinite, in neuter) something, anything, a certain thing

Inflection

Third declension of τις, τι
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case / Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative τις τι τινέ τινέ τινές τινά
Genitive τινός, του τινός, του τινοῖν τινοῖν τινῶν τινῶν
Dative τινί, τῳ τινί, τῳ τινοῖν τινοῖν τισί(ν) τισί(ν)
Accusative τινά τι τινέ τινέ τινάς τινά

See also

Ancient Greek correlatives (edit)
type interrogative indefinite (medial)
demonstrative		 proximal
demonstrative		 distal
demonstrative		 relative indefinite
relative		 identity other
basic τίς τις, ἔνιοι †ὁ, οὗτος ὅδε ἐκεῖνος ὅς ὅστις ὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμός ἕτερος, ἄλλος
dual πότερος πότερος, ποτερός ὁπότερος
quality ποῖος ποιός †τοῖος, τοιοῦτος τοιόσδε οἷος ὁποῖος ὅμοιος ἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος
quantity πόσος ποσός †τόσος, τοσοῦτος τοσόσδε ὅσος ὁπόσος
manner πῶς πως †τώς, †ὥς, οὕτως ὧδε ὡς ὅπως ὁμῶς ἑτέρως, ἄλλως
method,
path,
place 		πῇ πῃ τῇ, ταύτῃ τῇδε ἐκείνῃ ᾗ ὅπῃ ἄλλῃ
place ποῦ, †πόθι που, †ποθι ἐνταῦθα ἐνθάδε ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι οὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθι ὅπου, †ὁπόθι αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ ἄλλοθι
source πόθεν ποθεν †τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν ἐνθένδε ἐκεῖθεν ὅθεν ὁπόθεν †ὁμόθεν ἄλλοθεν
destination ποῖ, †πόσε ποι ἔνθα, ἐνταῦθα ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο ἐκεῖσε οἷ ὅποι, †ὁπόσε αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε ἄλλοσε
time πότε, πῆμος ποτέ, ποτε, τοτέ, ἐνίοτε τότε, τῆμος τημόσδε ὅτε, ἦμος ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος ἅμα ἄλλοτε
exact time πηνίκα †τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα τηνικάδε ἡνίκα ὁπηνίκα αὐτίκα
duration of time τέως ἕως
size, age πηλίκος πηλίκος †τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος τηλικόσδε ἡλίκος ὁπηλίκος ὁμῆλιξ
repetition ποσάκις, ποσίνδα ποσάκις τουτάκις, τοσάκις †ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις ὁποσάκις
multiplication ποσαπλάσιος ὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων
order πόστος ποστός ὁπόστος
† Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose
Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions.

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τίς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1487

Further reading

Greek

Etymology 1

Inherited from Byzantine Greek τὲς (tès) of the 11th century, through morphological levelling of the accusative and nominative plurals.

Pronunciation

Article

τις • (tis) f pl

  1. (definite) accusative feminine plural of ο (o) (the)
    — Τις συνάντησα χθες. — Ποιες; — Τις δύο αδερφές σου.
    — Tis synántisa chthes. — Poies? — Tis dýo aderfés sou.
    — I met them yesterday. — Whom? — Your two sisters.
Declension
The definite article
number singular plural
gender m f n m f n
nominative ο η το οι οι τα
genitive του της του των των των
accusative το(ν)* τη(ν)* το τους τις τα
* The final "ν" is preserved before vowels, and the plosive/affricate consonants:
      κ, π, τ, ξ, ψ, μπ, ντ, γκ, τσ, τζ

1. Archaic forms used in certain fixed phrases:
      τοις (tois), τας (tas)

Alternative forms
  • τες (tes) (dialectal, literary)
  • (contraction): σε (se) + τις (tis) giving στις (stis)

Pronoun

τις • (tis) f pl (weak personal pronoun)

  1. them (3rd person feminine plural, accusative; used before the verb)
    — Τις συνάντησα χθες. — Ποιες; — Τις δύο αδερφές σου.
    — Tis synántisa chthes. — Poies? — Tis dýo aderfés sou.
    — I met them yesterday. — Whom? — Your two sisters.
Alternative forms
  • τες (tes) (used after the verb)
Third person forms
Number (style) singular (familiar) plural (formal)
strong weak strong weak
m f n m f n m f n m f n
nominative αυτός • αυτή • αυτό • τος • τη • το • αυτοί • αυτές • αυτά • τοι • τες • τα •
genitive αυτού • αυτής • αυτού • του • † της • † του • † αυτών • αυτών • αυτών • τους • † τους • † τους • †
accusative αυτόν • αυτήν • αυτό • τον • την • το • αυτούς • αυτές • αυτά • τους • τις •, τες •‡ τα •
  There is no 3rd person vocative case.
† These terms double as possessive pronouns.
‡ "τις" is used before a verb, "τες" after a verb..
  All personal pronoun forms are displayed at εγώ (egó, “I”).

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek τίς (tís), interrogative pronoun (masculine, feminine) and τί (tí) (neuter).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

τις • (tis) m (feminine τις, neuter τι)  interrogative

  1. (archaic, formal, always in set phrases) who? (what? / which person or people?)
    Synonyms: ποιος; m (poios;), ποια; f (poia;), ποιο; n (poio;)
    τις πταίει; ― tis ptaíei? ― who is at fault?
    τις ει; (military, recognition) ― tis ei? ― who are you?
    τίνι τρόπω; ― tíni trópo? ― in what way?
  2. see the genitive singular τίνος (tínos)
    Τίνος είσαι συ; (stereotypical phrase associated with elderly Greeks in small villages and communities to those they don't recognise)
    Tínos eísai sy?
    Whose are you?
    Synonym: ποιανού (poianoú) of ποιος (poios)
  3. see the genitive plural τίνων (tínon)
    Synonym: ποιανών (poianón) of ποιος (poios)
Usage notes
  • Of the ancient interrogative pronoun τίς (tís) the forms τίνος (tínos), plural τίνων (tínon) and the neuter τι (ti) are used in Standard Modern Greek as well. All other forms are archaic, used in quotations and set phrases.
Declension

As in the ancient inflection of τίς, here in monotonic spelling

declension of   'τις'
number 
case   \   gender  		singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative τις • τις • τι • τίνες • τίνες • τίνα •
genitive τίνος • τίνος • τίνος • τίνων • τίνων • τίνων •
accusative τίνα • τίνα • τι • τίνας • τίνας • τίνα •
vocative — — — — — —
All forms except genitives τίνος, τίνων and τι, are only used in set phrases in Modern Greek. Also the dative singular τίνι (masculine, feminine, neuter singular).
Alternative forms

Further reading

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