-θι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi. Related to -θεν (-then), -θα (-tha) and possibly -σε (-se). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰi/ → /θi/ → /θi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰi/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θi/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /θi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi/

Suffix

-θῐ • (-thĭ) (Epic, poetic)

1. Added to nouns to form adverbs of location: at, in, on

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -θι

ἀγχόθι

ἀλλαχόθι

ἄλλοθι

ἀπόπροθι

αὖθι

αὐτόθι

ἐγγύθι

ἐκεῖθι

ἔνδοθι

ἑτέρωθι

Ἰλιόθι

κηρόθι

νειόθι

ὅθι

πόθι

ποθι

τηλόθι

τόθι

References

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 342
• “-θι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press