ὁτιή(betterὅτι ἢ, v.infr.), Conj., colloquial form ofὅτιB,
A. because, E. Cyc. 643 , Eup. 305 , Ar. Eq. 29 , 34 , 181 , 236 , etc.: folld. by τί, ὁτιὴ τί ; 'cause why?
Id. Nu. 784
;ὁτιὴ τί δή; ib. 755 . (The accentuationὅτι ἢis implied by A.D. , who says πρὸς πάντων συμφώνως ἀνεγνώσθη ἐν ὀξείᾳ τάσει τὸ ο̄
Conj. 256.2
, cf. Synt. 307.22 ; onlyὁτιὴis found in codd., and Eust. has οἱ Ἀττικοὶ ὀξυτόνως λέγουσι τιὴ καὶ ὁτιή
118.36
, cf. 45.4 ; cf. ἦ
1.2
.)
2. more rarely, = ὅτι ,that, Ar. Eq. 360 , Nu. 331 , V. 1395 , Av. 1010 .