τί

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

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tí/ → /ˈti/ → /ˈti/

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

Etymology 1

Adverbial accusative of τῐ́ς (tĭ́s, “what”).

Adverb

τῐ́ • (tĭ́)

1. why?

Etymology 2

Pronoun

τῐ́ • (tĭ́)

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of τῐ́ς (tĭ́s)
2. oxytone form of τι (ti) before an enclitic, neuter nominative/accusative singular of τῐ́ς (tĭ́s)

References

• “τί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • accomplish idem, page 6.
  • account idem, page 7.
  • acquire idem, page 9.
  • adjudge idem, page 12.
  • advise idem, page 15.
  • ground idem, page 375.
  • heap idem, page 391.
  • heart idem, page 392.
  • lose idem, page 500.
  • what idem, page 974.
  • wherefore idem, page 975.
  • why idem, page 978.

Greek

Pronoun

τί • (tí) m  interrogative

1. Polytonic spelling of τι; (ti?, “what?”)