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__B Interrog. pronoun τίς, Elean and Laconian dialect τίρ (which see), τί:—genitive Epic dialect and Ionic dialect τέο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.225, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 8.1, etc., or τεῦ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.509, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.106, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Trag. and Attic dialect τοῦ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 614, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1223, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect, Trag., and Attic dialect τίνος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 154, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.80, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 563 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 892, Ar “Ach.” 588, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; dative Ionic dialect τέῳ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, +others (as _feminine_, 4.155)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; no dative in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Trag. and Attic dialect τῷ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 401, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.60, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect τίῳ [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 104 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; τίνι first in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.57, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 715 (troch.), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 10, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 919, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.38, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.80, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.115, etc.; _accusative_ τίνα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.703, etc.; _neuter_ τί 1.362, etc.: dual τίνε (elided) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 107: _plural_. _nominative_ τίνες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.172, etc.; _neuter_ τίνα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 102a, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.81, 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.1.4, 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 17.12, NT.Heb.5.12 ] NT+8th c.BC+]; genitive Epic dialect τέων [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.387, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.192 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], and as monosyllable [[ 6.119, 13.200 ] Refs]; Trag. and Attic dialect τίνων [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1476, “OC” 2, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1089, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; dative τίσι first in [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1126, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1455, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 332d, etc. (no _dative_ in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus); also τοῖσι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 984 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect τέοισι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37, compare 2.82 (variant{ὁτέοισι})] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect τίοισι [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 168; _accusative_ τίνας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 115, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 370 (troch.); _neuter_ τίνα 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.30.3 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect τά [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.82 (_adverb_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Megarian dialect σά [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 757, 784 (_adverb_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: of the plural [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only _nominative_ τίνες] Refs 8th c.BC+] with genitive τέω; ποῖος (what? which?) is sometimes preferred (especially in neuter plural) to the adjective τίς, e.g. τὰ ποῖα ταῦτα χρήματ; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1270, compare 1337, “Th.” 621, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 391e, 395d, 406d; see at {ποῖος} I.3 and IV: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __B.I in direct questions, who? which? neuter what? which? ὦ ξεῖνοι, τίνες ἐστ; [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.252; τί νύ μοι μήκιστα γένητα; 5.299; τίς δαίμων τόδε πῆμα προσήγαγ; 17.446 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίς ἀχώ, τίς ὀδμὰ προσέπτα μ᾽ ἀφεγγή; [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 115 (Lyric poetry), compare 561 (_anapaest meter_), etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; properly at the beginning of the sentence; but this position may be varied,
__B.I.a for grammatical reasons, as between the Article and participle or noun, τοὺς τί ποιοῦντας τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἀποκαλοῦσι; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 206b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς περὶ τί πειθοῦς ἡ ῥητορική ἐστιν τέχν; [[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 454a ] Refs]; ὁ σοφιστὴς τῶν τί σοφῶν ἐστι; [[ [prev. author] “Prt.” 312d. ] Refs]
__B.I.b for emphasis, ἃ δ᾽ ἐννέπεις, κλύουσα τοῦ λέγει; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 412, compare “El.” 1191 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόλις τε ἀφισταμένη τίς πω.. τούτῳ ἐπεχείρησ; [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially when the Verb begins the sentence, δράσεις δὲ δὴ τ; [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1246 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦλθες δὲ κατὰ τ; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 239 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διαφέρει δὲ τ; [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.205.--The person frequently follows in _genitive_ _plural_, as τίς θεῶ; 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.182, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; and of things or conditions, τί is frequently with the genitive singular, of all genders, πρὸς τί χρεία; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1174 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλπίδων ἐς τ; [[ [prev. author] “OC” 1749 codices (Lyric poetry); κἀνήρετ᾽ ἐν τῷ πράγματος κυροῖ ποτε [prev. author] “Aj.” 314, etc. ] Refs]
__B.I.2 sometimes as the predicate, τίς ὀνομάζετα; what is he named? [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 123 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so also may be explained the union of τίς with a demonstrative or possessive pronoun, or with a Noun preceded by the Article, τί τοῦτ᾽ ἔλεξα; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1173 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί ἐστι τουτ; τίς ὁ τρόπος τοῦ τάγματο; [[ [prev. author] “Ichn.” 114] Refs]; also with pronoun in plural, τί ταῦτ; [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 382, “Andr.” 548, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί γὰρ τάδ᾽ ἐστί; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 200 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί ποτ᾽ ἐστίν, ἂ διανοούμεθ; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 154e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί ποτ᾽ ἐστὶ ταῦτα[[; [prev. work] 155c; σκεπτέον τί τὰ συμβαίνοντα [prev. author] “Grg.” 508b ] Refs]; so τί is used as predicate of a masculine or feminine subject, τί νιν προσείπ; [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 983(997) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τί σοι φαίνεται ὁ νεανίσκο; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 154d:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —also τίς δ᾽ ὅδε Ναυσικάᾳ ἕπεται; who is this that follows N.? [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.276 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίς δ᾽ οὗτος ἔρχεα; [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.82, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 84.1, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 328, 388, “Ant.” 7, 218, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 501, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 43c ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; and in the reverse order, τήνδε τίνα λεύσσω..; who is this I see? [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 821 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνι οὖν τοιούτῳ φίλους ἂν θηρῴη; with what means of such kind.. ? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.11.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί τοσοῦτον νομίζοντες ἠδικῆσθα; [[ [prev. author] “Smp.” 4.53 ] Refs]; τί με τὸ δεινὸν ἐργάσ; what is the dreadful thing which.. ? [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 492, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 598, 1488, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίν᾽ ὄψιν σὴν προσδέρκομα; what face is this I see of thine? [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 557 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ τίνας τοὺς ὑμᾶ; who are 'you' to whom [I am to come]? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 203b:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —the _Article_ is exceptionally added to τίς, when it leads up to a word which requires the Article, ληφθήσει.. Πανήμου εἰκάδι· καὶ Λῴου τῇ--τίν; τῇ δεκάτῃ on the twentieth of the month Panemus and of Loüs on the --what day? the tenth, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 46:] Refs 3rd c.BC+] —in Comedy texts also τὸ τί; what is that? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 775, “Pax” 696, “Av.” 1039, “Pl.” 902, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ τίνος χάρι; [[ “UPZ” 6.29 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; and with plural Article, τὰ τ; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 693. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.3 with properly names treated as appellatives (see. τις indefinite [[ 11.6b), τίς ἆρα Κύπρις ἢ τίς Ἵμερο; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 874 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς σε Θηρικλῆς ποτε ἔτευξ; [[ 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 43 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τίς.. Χίμαιρα πύρπνοο; [[ 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.I.4 τίς ἂν θεῶν.. δοί; like{πῶς ἄν}, would that some one.. , [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1100, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1448 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.5 a question with τίς often amounts to a strong negation, τῶν δ᾽ ἄλλων τίς κεν οὐνόματ᾽ εἴπο; [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.260 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίς ἂν ἐξεύροι ποτ᾽ ἄμεινο; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 498 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνες ἂν δικαιότερον.. μισοῖντ; [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.64, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.6 sometimes two questions are asked in one clause by different cases of τί; ἡ τίσιν τί ἀποδιδοῦσα τέχνη δικαιοσύνη ἂν καλοῖτ; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 332d; τί λαβόντα τί δεῖ ποιεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.36:—a like doubling of the question lies in the union of τίς with other _interrogative_ words, τίς πόθεν εἰς (εἶς codices) ἀνδρῶ; 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.170, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 421. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.7 τίς with Particles:—τίς γά; why who? who possibly? τίς γάρ σε θεῶν.. ἧκε; [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.182; see below 8 f. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.7.b τίς δ; ὦ κοῦραι, τίς δ᾽ ὔμμιν.. πωλεῖτα; [[ “hymnus ad Apollinem” 169. ] Refs]
__B.I.7.c τίς δ; who then? τίς δή κεν βροτὸς.. ἅζοιτ᾽ ἀθανάτους [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 747 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; τίς δῆτ; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 518. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.7.d τίς ποτ; who in the world? who ever? τίς ποτ᾽ ὢν γενεὰν καὶ ποίαν τινὰ φύσιν ἔχω; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.6, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 975 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς δήποτ; [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 106 (but τίς ἄν ποτε is probably conjecture). ] Refs]
__B.I.8 the usages of the neuter τ; are very various:
__B.I.8.a τ; alone, as a simple question, what? τί γά; [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 336 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—on ὅτι τ; ὅτι τί δ; ὅτι δὴ τ; see at {ὅτι} [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; on ὡς τ; see {ὡς} F.1.
__B.I.8.b τί τοῦτ; τί ταῦτ; see above 2.
__B.I.8.c τί μο; τί σο; what is it to me? to thee? [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 753, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; with genitive, τί μοι ἔριδος καὶ ἀρωγῆ; what have I to do with.. ? [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.360 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τί δέ σοι ταῦτ; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 514, compare “Ec.” 521 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (where the answerer repeats the question in indirect form, ὅ τί μοι τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι;); ἀλλὰ δὴ τί τοῦτ᾽ ἐμο; [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 32.18 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σο; what have I to do with thee? [[ LXX.Judg.11.12, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.19.19, NT.John.2.4 ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]; τί σοὶ καὶ εἰρήν; [[ LXX.4Ki.9.18, cf. LXX.Hos.14.9 ] LXX]; τί πρὸσσ; [[ 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.44, cf. NT.Matt.27.4 ] NT+2nd c.AD+]; σοὶ δὲ καὶ τούτοισι τοῖσι πρήγμασι τί ἐστ; what have you to do with these matters? [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί τῷ νόμῳ καὶ τῇ βασάν; [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.36:—followed by a clause, τί δὲ τίν, εἰ κωτίλαι εἰμέ; 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.89 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; or with infinitive, τί γάρ μοι τοὺς ἔξω κρίνει; [[ NT.1Cor.5.12:—see. εἰμί with 111.2. ] NT]
__B.I.8.d τίμαθώ; τί παθώ; see at {μανθάνω} see, πάσχω [[ 111.4. ] Refs]
__B.I.8.e τ; also often stands absolutely as adverb how? why? wherefore? [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.362, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so too in Attic dialect, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 43c, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόμων γὰρ ζῶσι τῶνδε δεσπόται. Answ. τί ζῶσι; how do you mean ζῶσι ζῶσι forsooth! [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 806 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Κιθαιρὼν--Answ. τί Κιθαιρώ; what aboutK.? [[ [prev. author] “Ba.” 1177 codices, compare 1182 (both Lyric poetry)] Refs]; compare τίη.
__B.I.8.f τί with Particles: -τί γά; why not? how else? and so it came to mean of course, no doubt, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1239, “Ch.” 880, “Eu.” 678, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; used in affirmative answers, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 258d, “Tht.” 209b, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to introduce an argument, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281a14; see at {γάρ} I.4:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —τί δαί; see at {δαί}:—τί δ; serving to pass on quickly to a fresh point, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 288c, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί δέ, εἰ..; but what, if.. ? [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1043 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί δ᾽ ἄν, εἰ..; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 773 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί δ᾽ ἢν..; [[ [prev. author] “Nu.” 1444 ] Refs]; τί δέ, εἰ μὴ..; what else but.. ? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.1, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 941, “Ph.” 421 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τί δὲ δ; τί δ; τί δή ποτ; why ever? why in the world? what do you mean? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 470e, “Grg.” 469a, “Sph.” 241d, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1184:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —so also τί δῆτα; how, pray? τί δῆτ᾽ ἄν, εἰ..; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 154:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — (τί μή; falsa lectio in [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 668):] Refs 5th c.BC+] —τί μήν; i.e. yes certainly, much like{τί γάρ}; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 162e, etc., probably in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 668:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —τί μὴν οὔ; in reply to a question, [[ [prev. author] “El.” 1280 (Lyric poetry):] Refs] —τί νυ; why now? [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.414, etc.:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —τί δ᾽ οὔ; parenthetic, why not? as an affirmative answer, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 460 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί οὐ καλοῦμε; i.e. let us call, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1103 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί οὐ βαδίζομε; etc., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310e, etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —τί οὖν; how so? making an objection, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 208; but τί οὖν ἔτ᾽ ἂν σαίνοιμεν.. μόρο; [prev. work] 704 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τί οὖν οὐκ ἐρωτᾷ; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 211d:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —τί ποτε; see at {τίπτε};
__B.I.8.g with Conjunctions following:—τί ὅτι..; why is it that.. ? [[ 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 62 (_falsa lectio_), LXX.Gen.3.1, NT.Luke.2.49, etc.:—with Conjunctions preceding, ἵνα τί] NT+5th c.BC+]; see at {ἵνα} [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 11.3 with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.8.h with Preps.:—διὰ τ; wherefore? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1111, etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —ἐκ τίνος; from what cause? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.4:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —ἐς τί; to what point? how long? [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.465 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but also, to what end? [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 403, compare “OC” 524 (Lyric poetry):] Refs 5th c.BC+] —κατὰ τί; for what purpose? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 239:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —πρὸς τί; wherefore? [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 766, 1027, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II τίς is sometimes used for ὅστις in indirect questions, εἰρώτα δὴ ἔπειτα τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.423, compare 17.368; δεῖξον τίς ἔσται τῇ ταλαιπώρῳ χρόνος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 623; οὐδ᾽ ἔχω τίς ἂν γενοίμαν [prev. work] 905 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔχω τί φῶ [[ [prev. author] “Ch.” 91, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 48, etc.; ἐπισκεψώμεθα τίνες πέπανται σφενδόνας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.18; εἰπὲ τίνα γνώμην ἔχεις [prev. work] 2.2.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in later Gr., where ὅστις is very rare, εἰς τὸ λογιστήριον γράφων.. τί ὀφείλεται [[ “PHib.” 1.29.42 (3rd c.BC),compare “PCair.Zen.” 21.40, +others (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; οὐθεὶς ἐσήμηνεν παρὰ τί ἂν τοῖς προστεταγμένοις.. οὐ κατηκολούθησαν nobody indicated why they should not have obeyed orders, [[ “PTeb.” 72.160, compare 61 (b). 227 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὅστις and τίς are sometimes combined, ὡς πύθοιθ᾽ ὅ τι δρῶν ἢ τί φωνῶν ῥυσαίμην [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 71, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 489f, 617, 623:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —later with infinitive, τί πράττειν οὐκ ἔχω I do not know what to do, [[ 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 67, cf. Ps.- 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 29. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.b sometimes not in indirect questions, whoever, whatever, αἰτοῦ τί χρῄζεις ἕν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 773.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτα οὐκ ἀπέστελλον πάντα, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκλεγόμενοι τίνων αἱ τιμαὶ ἐπετέταντο whatever things had risen in price, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.24 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τίνα δ᾽ ἁ Κύπρις οὐκ ἐφίλησεν whomsoever K. has not loved, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 5.169 (3rd c.BC(?): Nossis Epigrammatica)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τίνι ἡ τύχη δίδωσι, λαβέτω Antiochusap.[[ 2nd c.BC: Ptolemaeus Euergetes II Historicus 3 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; λαμβανέτω τί θέλει “Anthologia Graeca” 12.219 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus); τὰν ὀνάλαν κίς κε γινύειτει “IG” 9(2).517.22 (Larissa, 3rd c.BC); καὶ τί ἂν εἶ (={ᾖ}) λοιπόν [prev. work]5(1).1390.50 (Andania, 1st c.BC, nisi to be read καἴ τι ἂν] Refs 3rd c.BC+], see above[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 111.2e); τίς ἂν δὲ χεῖρα προσαγάγῃ “epigram Gr.” 376a (from Aezani)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τίς σοφός, αὐτῷ προσκολλήθητι [[ LXX.Sir.6.34; οὐ τί ἐγὼ θίλω, ἀλλὰ τί σύ NT.Mark.14.36 ] LXX+NT]; τίς σοφίῃ πάντων πρῶτος, τούτου τρίποδ᾽ αὐδῶ Oracle texts cited in [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 9.3 et cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.28 codices (ὃς] Refs 1st c.BC+] Cobet from [[Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 9); χαῖρε καὶ σύ, τίς ποτ᾽ εἶ “IG” 9 (2).953 (from Larissa), compare “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 1982 (from Thessalonica)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in other places, as [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1176, “Tr.” 339, “OT” 1144, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 324, this _construction_ cannot be admitted. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.c τίς ={ὅστις} after a negative, μή τίς ἐστιν ἐν ὑμῖν ἀνὴρ ἢ γυνὴ.., τίνος ἡ διάνοια ἐξέκλινεν κτλ.; [[ LXX.Deu.29.18. ] LXX]
__B.II.d = {ὅς} or ὅσπερ, τέων.. Ζεὺς ἐπὶ σαλπίγγων ἱρὰ βοῇ δέχεται Κᾶρες ὁμοῦ Λελέγεσσι [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.60, compare “Del.” 185, “epigram” 30.2, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 2; Δωροθέαν, τίς τὸν ἐμὸν ἄνδρα εἶχε “Tab.Defix.Aud.” 10.4 (Cnidus, 2nd-1st c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], compare 5.2,8; τίνας ἱερεωσύνας εἶχον ἐπενεγύων [[ “SIG” 705.43, compare 56 (Senatus consultum, Delph., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τίνα με ὑπονοεῖτε εἶναι, οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγώ [[ NT.Act.13.25 ] NT]; τίς ἔζησεν ἔτη β who lived.., [[ “IG” 14.1560 (from Rome), compare 1391 ([prev. passage])] Refs]; εὗρον γεωργόν, τίς αὐτὰ ἑλκύσῃ [[ “BGU” 822.5 (2nd-3rd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.II.2 τί; τ; in direct or indirect questions may be construed with a participle, σὺ δὲ τίς ὢν ταῦτα λέγει; being who, i.e. who are you that.. ? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 452a; ἐπειρέσθαι.. τίνες ἐόντες ἄνθρωποι.. ταῦτα προαγορεύουσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.153 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταμεμάθηκας.. τοὺς τί ποιοῦντας τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἀποκαλοῦσ; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.1; or in a subordinate clause, ἀλλ᾽ ὅταν τί ποιήσωσι, νομιεῖς αὐτοὺς σοῦ φροντίζει; [prev. work] 1.4.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νῦν δ᾽ ἐπειδὴ τίνος τέχνης ἐπιστήμων ἐστί, τίνα ἂν καλοῦντες αὐτὸν ὀρθῶς καλοῖμε; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 448c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III = {πότερος}; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.17, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 52d, NT.Matt.27.21, NT.Luke.5.23. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__B.IV τί as exclamatory adverb, how.. ! τί ὡραιώθησαν σιαγόνες σου ὡς τρυγόνες [[ LXX.Cant.1.10, compare 4.10 ] LXX]; τί θέλω how I wish! [[ NT.Luke.12.49 ] NT]; τί στενή variant in [[ NT.Matt.7.14. ] NT]
__C Prosody: τις and τίς keep ῐ in all cases (digamma operates in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.462, etc.). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.II τί was never elided; but hiatus is allowed after τί in Epic dialect τί ἢ (see. τίη), also in Comedy texts, as τί ο; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 149 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί οὖ; [[ [prev. author] “Pl.” 94 ] Refs]; τί ἔστ; [[ [prev. author] “Nu.” 82, “Av.” 1036 ] Refs]; τί, ὦ πάτε; [[ [prev. author] “Nu.” 80:—a licence which is rarer in Trag., τί ἔστι; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 733 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί οὖ; [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 208, 704, “Eu.” 902, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 873 (Lyric poetry), “Ph.” 100, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί εἶπα; [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 1203, “Ph.” 917. ] Refs]
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