καίτοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Univerbation of καί (kaí) and τοι (toi).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kǎi̯.toi̯/ → /ˈcɛ.ty/ → /ˈce.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kǎi̯.toi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.ty/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcɛ.ty/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.ty/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈce.ti/

Particle

καίτοι • (kaítoi) (discourse particle)

1. and indeed, and further
2. Used to introduce an objection by the speaker, often in rhetorical questions: and yet

Further reading

• “καίτοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καίτοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “καίτοι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter