Strong G5101τίς
which?
- Transliteration
- tis
- Pronunciation
- tis
- Morphology
- Greek Interogative
Definition
Probably emphatic of G5100; an interrogitive pronoun who 6
which or what (in direct or indirect questions): - every man how (much) + no (-ne thing) what (manner thing) where ([-by -fore -of -unto -with -withal]) whether which who (-m -se) why.
which or what (in direct or indirect questions): - every man how (much) + no (-ne thing) what (manner thing) where ([-by -fore -of -unto -with -withal]) whether which who (-m -se) why.
Detailed definition
τίς, neut., τί, genitive, τίνος, interrog. pron., [in LXX for מָה,מִי;] in masc. and fem.,
who, which, what?; in neut., which, what?, used both in direct and in indirect questions.
I. I. As subst.,
1. 1. masc., fem.: τίς; who, what?, Mat.3:7 26:68; Mrk.11:28, Luk.9:9, al. mult.; with genitive partit., Act.7:52, Heb.1:5, al; before ἐκ (= genitive partit.), Mat.6:27, Luk.14:28, Jhn.8:46; = ποῖος, Mrk.4:41 6:2, Luk.19:3, Act.17:19, al.; = πότερος (M, Pr., 77), Mat.21:31 27:17, Luk.22:27, al.; = ὅς or ὅστις (rare in cl.; cf. Bl., §50, 5; M, Pr., 93), Act.13:25.
2. Neut.: τί; what?, Mat.5:47 11:7, Mrk.10:3, al.; χάριν τίνος, 1Jn.3:12; διὰ τί, Mat.9:11, al.; εἰς τί, Mat.14:31, al.; elliptically, ἵνα τί (sc. γένηται), why, Mat.9:5, al.; τί οὖν, Rom.3:9 6:1, 15 1Co.14:15, al.; τί γάρ, Rom.3:3, Phi 1:18; τί ἐμοὶ (ὑμῖν) καὶ σοί, see: ἔγω.
II. As adj.: who? what? which?, Mat.5:46, Luk.14:31, Jhn.2:18, al.
III. As adv.: = διὰ τι (τί ὅτι), why, Mat.6:28, Mrk.4:40, Luk.6:46, Jhn.18:23, al.; in rhet. questions, = a negation, Mat.27:4, Jhn.21:22, 23 1Co.5:12 7:16, al. in exclamations (like Heb. מָה), how (2Ki.6:20, Psa.3:2, al.), Luk.12:49.
(AS)
who, which, what?; in neut., which, what?, used both in direct and in indirect questions.
I. I. As subst.,
1. 1. masc., fem.: τίς; who, what?, Mat.3:7 26:68; Mrk.11:28, Luk.9:9, al. mult.; with genitive partit., Act.7:52, Heb.1:5, al; before ἐκ (= genitive partit.), Mat.6:27, Luk.14:28, Jhn.8:46; = ποῖος, Mrk.4:41 6:2, Luk.19:3, Act.17:19, al.; = πότερος (M, Pr., 77), Mat.21:31 27:17, Luk.22:27, al.; = ὅς or ὅστις (rare in cl.; cf. Bl., §50, 5; M, Pr., 93), Act.13:25.
2. Neut.: τί; what?, Mat.5:47 11:7, Mrk.10:3, al.; χάριν τίνος, 1Jn.3:12; διὰ τί, Mat.9:11, al.; εἰς τί, Mat.14:31, al.; elliptically, ἵνα τί (sc. γένηται), why, Mat.9:5, al.; τί οὖν, Rom.3:9 6:1, 15 1Co.14:15, al.; τί γάρ, Rom.3:3, Phi 1:18; τί ἐμοὶ (ὑμῖν) καὶ σοί, see: ἔγω.
II. As adj.: who? what? which?, Mat.5:46, Luk.14:31, Jhn.2:18, al.
III. As adv.: = διὰ τι (τί ὅτι), why, Mat.6:28, Mrk.4:40, Luk.6:46, Jhn.18:23, al.; in rhet. questions, = a negation, Mat.27:4, Jhn.21:22, 23 1Co.5:12 7:16, al. in exclamations (like Heb. מָה), how (2Ki.6:20, Psa.3:2, al.), Luk.12:49.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5101 appears in 514 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- what242
- who91
- why90
- whom24
- which18
- whose9
- whether8
- how7
- wherefore6
- be5
- whereunto5
- wherewith4
First verses
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Matthew 5:13Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
- Matthew 5:46For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
- Matthew 5:47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
- Matthew 6:3But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
- Matthew 6:27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
- Matthew 6:28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
- Matthew 6:31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
- Matthew 7:3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
- Matthew 7:9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
- Matthew 8:26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
- Matthew 8:29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
- Matthew 9:4And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
- Matthew 9:5For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
- Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
- Matthew 9:13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- Matthew 9:14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
- Matthew 10:11And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
- Matthew 10:19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τίς
B Interrog. pronoun τίς, Elean and Laconian dialect τίρ (which see), τί:—genitive Epic dialect and Ionic dialect τέο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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.)]; Trag. and Attic dialect τοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 614, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1223, etc.)]; Ionic dialect, Trag., and Attic dialect τίνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)]; dative Ionic dialect τέῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, +others (as _feminine_, 4.155))]; no dative in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)]; Trag. and Attic dialect τῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 401, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.60, etc.)]; Aeolic dialect τίῳ [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 104)]; τίνι first in [NT+8th c.BC+ (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)]; genitive Epic dialect τέων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.387, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.192)], and as monosyllable [Refs (6.119, 13.200)]; Trag. and Attic dialect τίνων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1476, “OC” 2, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1089, etc.)]; dative τίσι first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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_))]; Ionic dialect τέοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37, compare 2.82 (variant{ὁτέοισι}))]; Aeolic dialect τίοισι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (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)]; Boeotian dialect τά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.82 (_adverb_))]; Megarian dialect σά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 757, 784 (_adverb_))]: of the plural [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only _nominative_ τίνες)] with genitive τέω; ποῖος (what? which?) is sometimes preferred (especially in neuter plural) to the adjective τίς, e.g. τὰ ποῖα ταῦτα χρήματ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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:)]
B.I in direct questions, who? which? neuter what? which? ὦ ξεῖνοι, τίνες ἐστ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.252; τί νύ μοι μήκιστα γένητα; 5.299; τίς δαίμων τόδε πῆμα προσήγαγ; 17.446)]; τίς ἀχώ, τίς ὀδμὰ προσέπτα μ᾽ ἀφεγγή; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 115 (Lyric poetry), compare 561 (_anapaest meter_), etc.)]; 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; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 206b)]; τῆς περὶ τί πειθοῦς ἡ ῥητορική ἐστιν τέχν; [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 454a)]; ὁ σοφιστὴς τῶν τί σοφῶν ἐστι; [Refs ([prev. author] “Prt.” 312d.)]
B.I.b for emphasis, ἃ δ᾽ ἐννέπεις, κλύουσα τοῦ λέγει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 412, compare “El.” 1191)]; πόλις τε ἀφισταμένη τίς πω.. τούτῳ ἐπεχείρησ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45)]; especially when the Verb begins the sentence, δράσεις δὲ δὴ τ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1246)]; ἦλθες δὲ κατὰ τ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 239)]; διαφέρει δὲ τ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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.)]; and of things or conditions, τί is frequently with the genitive singular, of all genders, πρὸς τί χρεία; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1174)]; ἐλπίδων ἐς τ; [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 1749 codices (Lyric poetry); κἀνήρετ᾽ ἐν τῷ πράγματος κυροῖ ποτε [prev. author] “Aj.” 314, etc.)]
B.I.2 sometimes as the predicate, τίς ὀνομάζετα; what is he named? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 123)]; 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; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1173 (Lyric poetry))]; τί ἐστι τουτ; τίς ὁ τρόπος τοῦ τάγματο; [Refs ([prev. author] “Ichn.” 114)]; also with pronoun in plural, τί ταῦτ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 382, “Andr.” 548, etc.)]; τί γὰρ τάδ᾽ ἐστί; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 200)]; τί ποτ᾽ ἐστίν, ἂ διανοούμεθ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 154e)]; τί ποτ᾽ ἐστὶ ταῦτα[Refs (; [prev. work] 155c; σκεπτέον τί τὰ συμβαίνοντα [prev. author] “Grg.” 508b)]; so τί is used as predicate of a masculine or feminine subject, τί νιν προσείπ; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 983(997))]; τί σοι φαίνεται ὁ νεανίσκο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 154d:)] —also τίς δ᾽ ὅδε Ναυσικάᾳ ἕπεται; who is this that follows N.? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.276)]; τίς δ᾽ οὗτος ἔρχεα; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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)]; and in the reverse order, τήνδε τίνα λεύσσω..; who is this I see? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 821)]; τίνι οὖν τοιούτῳ φίλους ἂν θηρῴη; with what means of such kind.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.11.9)]; τί τοσοῦτον νομίζοντες ἠδικῆσθα; [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 4.53)]; τί με τὸ δεινὸν ἐργάσ; what is the dreadful thing which.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 492, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 598, 1488, etc.)]; τίν᾽ ὄψιν σὴν προσδέρκομα; what face is this I see of thine? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 557)]; παρὰ τίνας τοὺς ὑμᾶ; who are 'you' to whom [I am to come]? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 203b:)] —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, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 46:)] —in Comedy texts also τὸ τί; what is that? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 775, “Pax” 696, “Av.” 1039, “Pl.” 902, etc.)]; τοῦ τίνος χάρι; [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 6.29 (2nd c.BC))]; and with plural Article, τὰ τ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 693.)]
B.I.3 with properly names treated as appellatives (see. τις indefinite [Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.6b), τίς ἆρα Κύπρις ἢ τίς Ἵμερο; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 874)]; τίς σε Θηρικλῆς ποτε ἔτευξ; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 43)]; τίς.. Χίμαιρα πύρπνοο; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.3.)]
B.I.4 τίς ἂν θεῶν.. δοί; like{πῶς ἄν}, would that some one.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1100, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1448 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.I.5 a question with τίς often amounts to a strong negation, τῶν δ᾽ ἄλλων τίς κεν οὐνόματ᾽ εἴπο; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.260)]; τίς ἂν ἐξεύροι ποτ᾽ ἄμεινο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 498)]; τίνες ἂν δικαιότερον.. μισοῖντ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.64, etc.)]
B.I.6 sometimes two questions are asked in one clause by different cases of τί; ἡ τίσιν τί ἀποδιδοῦσα τέχνη δικαιοσύνη ἂν καλοῖτ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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.)]
B.I.7 τίς with Particles:—τίς γά; why who? who possibly? τίς γάρ σε θεῶν.. ἧκε; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.182; see below 8 f.)]
B.I.7.b τίς δ; ὦ κοῦραι, τίς δ᾽ ὔμμιν.. πωλεῖτα; [Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 169.)]
B.I.7.c τίς δ; who then? τίς δή κεν βροτὸς.. ἅζοιτ᾽ ἀθανάτους [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 747)]; τίς δῆτ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 518.)]
B.I.7.d τίς ποτ; who in the world? who ever? τίς ποτ᾽ ὢν γενεὰν καὶ ποίαν τινὰ φύσιν ἔχω; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.6, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 975)]; τίς δήποτ; [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 106 (but τίς ἄν ποτε is probably conjecture).)]
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; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 336 (Lyric poetry))]:—on ὅτι τ; ὅτι τί δ; ὅτι δὴ τ; see at {ὅτι} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1b)]; 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? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 753, etc.)]; with genitive, τί μοι ἔριδος καὶ ἀρωγῆ; what have I to do with.. ? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.360)]; τί δέ σοι ταῦτ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 514, compare “Ec.” 521)] (where the answerer repeats the question in indirect form, ὅ τί μοι τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι;); ἀλλὰ δὴ τί τοῦτ᾽ ἐμο; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 32.18)]; τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σο; what have I to do with thee? [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Judg.11.12, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.19.19, NT.John.2.4)]; τί σοὶ καὶ εἰρήν; [LXX (LXX.4Ki.9.18, cf. LXX.Hos.14.9)]; τί πρὸσσ; [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.44, cf. NT.Matt.27.4)]; σοὶ δὲ καὶ τούτοισι τοῖσι πρήγμασι τί ἐστ; what have you to do with these matters? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.33)]; τί τῷ νόμῳ καὶ τῇ βασάν; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (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)]; or with infinitive, τί γάρ μοι τοὺς ἔξω κρίνει; [NT (NT.1Cor.5.12:—see. εἰμί with 111.2.)]
B.I.8.d τίμαθώ; τί παθώ; see at {μανθάνω} see, πάσχω [Refs (111.4.)]
B.I.8.e τ; also often stands absolutely as adverb how? why? wherefore? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.362, etc.)]; so too in Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 43c, etc.)]; δόμων γὰρ ζῶσι τῶνδε δεσπόται. Answ. τί ζῶσι; how do you mean ζῶσι ζῶσι forsooth! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 806)]; Κιθαιρὼν--Answ. τί Κιθαιρώ; what aboutK.? [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.” 1177 codices, compare 1182 (both Lyric poetry))]; 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, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1239, “Ch.” 880, “Eu.” 678, etc.)]; used in affirmative answers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 258d, “Tht.” 209b, +others)]; to introduce an argument, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281a14; see at {γάρ} I.4:)] —τί δαί; see at {δαί}:—τί δ; serving to pass on quickly to a fresh point, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 288c, +others)]; τί δέ, εἰ..; but what, if.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1043)]; τί δ᾽ ἄν, εἰ..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 773)]; τί δ᾽ ἢν..; [Refs ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1444)]; τί δέ, εἰ μὴ..; what else but.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.1, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 941, “Ph.” 421)]; so τί δὲ δ; τί δ; τί δή ποτ; why ever? why in the world? what do you mean? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 470e, “Grg.” 469a, “Sph.” 241d, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1184:)] —so also τί δῆτα; how, pray? τί δῆτ᾽ ἄν, εἰ..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 154:)] — (τί μή; falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 668):)] —τί μήν; i.e. yes certainly, much like{τί γάρ}; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 162e, etc., probably in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 668:)] —τί μὴν οὔ; in reply to a question, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 1280 (Lyric poetry):)] —τί νυ; why now? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.414, etc.:)] —τί δ᾽ οὔ; parenthetic, why not? as an affirmative answer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 460)]; τί οὐ καλοῦμε; i.e. let us call, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1103)]; τί οὐ βαδίζομε; etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310e, etc.:)] —τί οὖν; how so? making an objection, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 208; but τί οὖν ἔτ᾽ ἂν σαίνοιμεν.. μόρο; [prev. work] 704)]; τί οὖν οὐκ ἐρωτᾷ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 211d:)] —τί ποτε; see at {τίπτε};
B.I.8.g with Conjunctions following:—τί ὅτι..; why is it that.. ? [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 62 (_falsa lectio_), LXX.Gen.3.1, NT.Luke.2.49, etc.:—with Conjunctions preceding, ἵνα τί)]; see at {ἵνα} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 11.3 with)]
B.I.8.h with Preps.:—διὰ τ; wherefore? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1111, etc.:)] —ἐκ τίνος; from what cause? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.4:)] —ἐς τί; to what point? how long? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.465)]; but also, to what end? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 403, compare “OC” 524 (Lyric poetry):)] —κατὰ τί; for what purpose? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 239:)] —πρὸς τί; wherefore? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 766, 1027, etc.)]
B.II τίς is sometimes used for ὅστις in indirect questions, εἰρώτα δὴ ἔπειτα τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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))]; οὐκ ἔχω τί φῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([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)]; frequently in later Gr., where ὅστις is very rare, εἰς τὸ λογιστήριον γράφων.. τί ὀφείλεται [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.29.42 (3rd c.BC),compare “PCair.Zen.” 21.40, +others (3rd c.BC))]; οὐθεὶς ἐσήμηνεν παρὰ τί ἂν τοῖς προστεταγμένοις.. οὐ κατηκολούθησαν nobody indicated why they should not have obeyed orders, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 72.160, compare 61 (b). 227 (2nd c.BC))]; ὅστις and τίς are sometimes combined, ὡς πύθοιθ᾽ ὅ τι δρῶν ἢ τί φωνῶν ῥυσαίμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 71, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 489f, 617, 623:)] —later with infinitive, τί πράττειν οὐκ ἔχω I do not know what to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 67, cf. Ps.- 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 29.)]
B.II.b sometimes not in indirect questions, whoever, whatever, αἰτοῦ τί χρῄζεις ἕν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 773.2)]; ταῦτα οὐκ ἀπέστελλον πάντα, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκλεγόμενοι τίνων αἱ τιμαὶ ἐπετέταντο whatever things had risen in price, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.24)]; τίνα δ᾽ ἁ Κύπρις οὐκ ἐφίλησεν whomsoever K. has not loved, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.169 (3rd c.BC(?): Nossis Epigrammatica))]; τίνι ἡ τύχη δίδωσι, λαβέτω Antiochusap.[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (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)], see above[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 111.2e); τίς ἂν δὲ χεῖρα προσαγάγῃ “epigram Gr.” 376a (from Aezani))]; τίς σοφός, αὐτῷ προσκολλήθητι [LXX+NT (LXX.Sir.6.34; οὐ τί ἐγὼ θίλω, ἀλλὰ τί σύ NT.Mark.14.36)]; τίς σοφίῃ πάντων πρῶτος, τούτου τρίποδ᾽ αὐδῶ Oracle texts cited in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 9.3 et cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.28 codices (ὃς)] Cobet from [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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))]; in other places, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1176, “Tr.” 339, “OT” 1144, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 324, this _construction_ cannot be admitted.)]
B.II.c τίς ={ὅστις} after a negative, μή τίς ἐστιν ἐν ὑμῖν ἀνὴρ ἢ γυνὴ.., τίνος ἡ διάνοια ἐξέκλινεν κτλ.; [LXX (LXX.Deu.29.18.)]
B.II.d = {ὅς} or ὅσπερ, τέων.. Ζεὺς ἐπὶ σαλπίγγων ἱρὰ βοῇ δέχεται Κᾶρες ὁμοῦ Λελέγεσσι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (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))], compare 5.2,8; τίνας ἱερεωσύνας εἶχον ἐπενεγύων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 705.43, compare 56 (Senatus consultum, Delph., 2nd c.BC))]; τίνα με ὑπονοεῖτε εἶναι, οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγώ [NT (NT.Act.13.25)]; τίς ἔζησεν ἔτη β who lived.., [Refs (“IG” 14.1560 (from Rome), compare 1391 ([prev. passage]))]; εὗρον γεωργόν, τίς αὐτὰ ἑλκύσῃ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 822.5 (2nd-3rd 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.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 452a; ἐπειρέσθαι.. τίνες ἐόντες ἄνθρωποι.. ταῦτα προαγορεύουσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.153)]; καταμεμάθηκας.. τοὺς τί ποιοῦντας τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἀποκαλοῦσ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; νῦν δ᾽ ἐπειδὴ τίνος τέχνης ἐπιστήμων ἐστί, τίνα ἂν καλοῦντες αὐτὸν ὀρθῶς καλοῖμε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 448c.)]
B.III = {πότερος}; [NT+5th c.BC+ (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.)]
B.IV τί as exclamatory adverb, how.. ! τί ὡραιώθησαν σιαγόνες σου ὡς τρυγόνες [LXX (LXX.Cant.1.10, compare 4.10)]; τί θέλω how I wish! [NT (NT.Luke.12.49)]; τί στενή variant in [NT (NT.Matt.7.14.)]
C Prosody: τις and τίς keep ῐ in all cases (digamma operates in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.462, etc.).)]
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; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 149)]; τί οὖ; [Refs ([prev. author] “Pl.” 94)]; τί ἔστ; [Refs ([prev. author] “Nu.” 82, “Av.” 1036)]; τί, ὦ πάτε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 80:—a licence which is rarer in Trag., τί ἔστι; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 733)]; τί οὖ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)]; τί εἶπα; [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 1203, “Ph.” 917.)]
B Interrog. pronoun τίς, Elean and Laconian dialect τίρ (which see), τί:—genitive Epic dialect and Ionic dialect τέο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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.)]; Trag. and Attic dialect τοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 614, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1223, etc.)]; Ionic dialect, Trag., and Attic dialect τίνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)]; dative Ionic dialect τέῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, +others (as _feminine_, 4.155))]; no dative in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)]; Trag. and Attic dialect τῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 401, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.60, etc.)]; Aeolic dialect τίῳ [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 104)]; τίνι first in [NT+8th c.BC+ (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)]; genitive Epic dialect τέων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.387, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.192)], and as monosyllable [Refs (6.119, 13.200)]; Trag. and Attic dialect τίνων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1476, “OC” 2, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1089, etc.)]; dative τίσι first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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_))]; Ionic dialect τέοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37, compare 2.82 (variant{ὁτέοισι}))]; Aeolic dialect τίοισι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (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)]; Boeotian dialect τά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.82 (_adverb_))]; Megarian dialect σά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 757, 784 (_adverb_))]: of the plural [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only _nominative_ τίνες)] with genitive τέω; ποῖος (what? which?) is sometimes preferred (especially in neuter plural) to the adjective τίς, e.g. τὰ ποῖα ταῦτα χρήματ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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:)]
B.I in direct questions, who? which? neuter what? which? ὦ ξεῖνοι, τίνες ἐστ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.252; τί νύ μοι μήκιστα γένητα; 5.299; τίς δαίμων τόδε πῆμα προσήγαγ; 17.446)]; τίς ἀχώ, τίς ὀδμὰ προσέπτα μ᾽ ἀφεγγή; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 115 (Lyric poetry), compare 561 (_anapaest meter_), etc.)]; 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; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 206b)]; τῆς περὶ τί πειθοῦς ἡ ῥητορική ἐστιν τέχν; [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 454a)]; ὁ σοφιστὴς τῶν τί σοφῶν ἐστι; [Refs ([prev. author] “Prt.” 312d.)]
B.I.b for emphasis, ἃ δ᾽ ἐννέπεις, κλύουσα τοῦ λέγει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 412, compare “El.” 1191)]; πόλις τε ἀφισταμένη τίς πω.. τούτῳ ἐπεχείρησ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45)]; especially when the Verb begins the sentence, δράσεις δὲ δὴ τ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1246)]; ἦλθες δὲ κατὰ τ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 239)]; διαφέρει δὲ τ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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.)]; and of things or conditions, τί is frequently with the genitive singular, of all genders, πρὸς τί χρεία; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1174)]; ἐλπίδων ἐς τ; [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 1749 codices (Lyric poetry); κἀνήρετ᾽ ἐν τῷ πράγματος κυροῖ ποτε [prev. author] “Aj.” 314, etc.)]
B.I.2 sometimes as the predicate, τίς ὀνομάζετα; what is he named? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 123)]; 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; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1173 (Lyric poetry))]; τί ἐστι τουτ; τίς ὁ τρόπος τοῦ τάγματο; [Refs ([prev. author] “Ichn.” 114)]; also with pronoun in plural, τί ταῦτ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 382, “Andr.” 548, etc.)]; τί γὰρ τάδ᾽ ἐστί; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 200)]; τί ποτ᾽ ἐστίν, ἂ διανοούμεθ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 154e)]; τί ποτ᾽ ἐστὶ ταῦτα[Refs (; [prev. work] 155c; σκεπτέον τί τὰ συμβαίνοντα [prev. author] “Grg.” 508b)]; so τί is used as predicate of a masculine or feminine subject, τί νιν προσείπ; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 983(997))]; τί σοι φαίνεται ὁ νεανίσκο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 154d:)] —also τίς δ᾽ ὅδε Ναυσικάᾳ ἕπεται; who is this that follows N.? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.276)]; τίς δ᾽ οὗτος ἔρχεα; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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)]; and in the reverse order, τήνδε τίνα λεύσσω..; who is this I see? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 821)]; τίνι οὖν τοιούτῳ φίλους ἂν θηρῴη; with what means of such kind.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.11.9)]; τί τοσοῦτον νομίζοντες ἠδικῆσθα; [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 4.53)]; τί με τὸ δεινὸν ἐργάσ; what is the dreadful thing which.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 492, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 598, 1488, etc.)]; τίν᾽ ὄψιν σὴν προσδέρκομα; what face is this I see of thine? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 557)]; παρὰ τίνας τοὺς ὑμᾶ; who are 'you' to whom [I am to come]? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 203b:)] —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, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 46:)] —in Comedy texts also τὸ τί; what is that? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 775, “Pax” 696, “Av.” 1039, “Pl.” 902, etc.)]; τοῦ τίνος χάρι; [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 6.29 (2nd c.BC))]; and with plural Article, τὰ τ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 693.)]
B.I.3 with properly names treated as appellatives (see. τις indefinite [Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.6b), τίς ἆρα Κύπρις ἢ τίς Ἵμερο; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 874)]; τίς σε Θηρικλῆς ποτε ἔτευξ; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 43)]; τίς.. Χίμαιρα πύρπνοο; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.3.)]
B.I.4 τίς ἂν θεῶν.. δοί; like{πῶς ἄν}, would that some one.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1100, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1448 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.I.5 a question with τίς often amounts to a strong negation, τῶν δ᾽ ἄλλων τίς κεν οὐνόματ᾽ εἴπο; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.260)]; τίς ἂν ἐξεύροι ποτ᾽ ἄμεινο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 498)]; τίνες ἂν δικαιότερον.. μισοῖντ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.64, etc.)]
B.I.6 sometimes two questions are asked in one clause by different cases of τί; ἡ τίσιν τί ἀποδιδοῦσα τέχνη δικαιοσύνη ἂν καλοῖτ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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.)]
B.I.7 τίς with Particles:—τίς γά; why who? who possibly? τίς γάρ σε θεῶν.. ἧκε; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.182; see below 8 f.)]
B.I.7.b τίς δ; ὦ κοῦραι, τίς δ᾽ ὔμμιν.. πωλεῖτα; [Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 169.)]
B.I.7.c τίς δ; who then? τίς δή κεν βροτὸς.. ἅζοιτ᾽ ἀθανάτους [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 747)]; τίς δῆτ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 518.)]
B.I.7.d τίς ποτ; who in the world? who ever? τίς ποτ᾽ ὢν γενεὰν καὶ ποίαν τινὰ φύσιν ἔχω; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.6, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 975)]; τίς δήποτ; [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 106 (but τίς ἄν ποτε is probably conjecture).)]
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; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 336 (Lyric poetry))]:—on ὅτι τ; ὅτι τί δ; ὅτι δὴ τ; see at {ὅτι} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1b)]; 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? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 753, etc.)]; with genitive, τί μοι ἔριδος καὶ ἀρωγῆ; what have I to do with.. ? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.360)]; τί δέ σοι ταῦτ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 514, compare “Ec.” 521)] (where the answerer repeats the question in indirect form, ὅ τί μοι τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι;); ἀλλὰ δὴ τί τοῦτ᾽ ἐμο; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 32.18)]; τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σο; what have I to do with thee? [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Judg.11.12, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.19.19, NT.John.2.4)]; τί σοὶ καὶ εἰρήν; [LXX (LXX.4Ki.9.18, cf. LXX.Hos.14.9)]; τί πρὸσσ; [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.44, cf. NT.Matt.27.4)]; σοὶ δὲ καὶ τούτοισι τοῖσι πρήγμασι τί ἐστ; what have you to do with these matters? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.33)]; τί τῷ νόμῳ καὶ τῇ βασάν; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (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)]; or with infinitive, τί γάρ μοι τοὺς ἔξω κρίνει; [NT (NT.1Cor.5.12:—see. εἰμί with 111.2.)]
B.I.8.d τίμαθώ; τί παθώ; see at {μανθάνω} see, πάσχω [Refs (111.4.)]
B.I.8.e τ; also often stands absolutely as adverb how? why? wherefore? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.362, etc.)]; so too in Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 43c, etc.)]; δόμων γὰρ ζῶσι τῶνδε δεσπόται. Answ. τί ζῶσι; how do you mean ζῶσι ζῶσι forsooth! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 806)]; Κιθαιρὼν--Answ. τί Κιθαιρώ; what aboutK.? [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.” 1177 codices, compare 1182 (both Lyric poetry))]; 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, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1239, “Ch.” 880, “Eu.” 678, etc.)]; used in affirmative answers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 258d, “Tht.” 209b, +others)]; to introduce an argument, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281a14; see at {γάρ} I.4:)] —τί δαί; see at {δαί}:—τί δ; serving to pass on quickly to a fresh point, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 288c, +others)]; τί δέ, εἰ..; but what, if.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1043)]; τί δ᾽ ἄν, εἰ..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 773)]; τί δ᾽ ἢν..; [Refs ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1444)]; τί δέ, εἰ μὴ..; what else but.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.1, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 941, “Ph.” 421)]; so τί δὲ δ; τί δ; τί δή ποτ; why ever? why in the world? what do you mean? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 470e, “Grg.” 469a, “Sph.” 241d, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1184:)] —so also τί δῆτα; how, pray? τί δῆτ᾽ ἄν, εἰ..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 154:)] — (τί μή; falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 668):)] —τί μήν; i.e. yes certainly, much like{τί γάρ}; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 162e, etc., probably in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 668:)] —τί μὴν οὔ; in reply to a question, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 1280 (Lyric poetry):)] —τί νυ; why now? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.414, etc.:)] —τί δ᾽ οὔ; parenthetic, why not? as an affirmative answer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 460)]; τί οὐ καλοῦμε; i.e. let us call, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1103)]; τί οὐ βαδίζομε; etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310e, etc.:)] —τί οὖν; how so? making an objection, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 208; but τί οὖν ἔτ᾽ ἂν σαίνοιμεν.. μόρο; [prev. work] 704)]; τί οὖν οὐκ ἐρωτᾷ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 211d:)] —τί ποτε; see at {τίπτε};
B.I.8.g with Conjunctions following:—τί ὅτι..; why is it that.. ? [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 62 (_falsa lectio_), LXX.Gen.3.1, NT.Luke.2.49, etc.:—with Conjunctions preceding, ἵνα τί)]; see at {ἵνα} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 11.3 with)]
B.I.8.h with Preps.:—διὰ τ; wherefore? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1111, etc.:)] —ἐκ τίνος; from what cause? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.4:)] —ἐς τί; to what point? how long? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.465)]; but also, to what end? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 403, compare “OC” 524 (Lyric poetry):)] —κατὰ τί; for what purpose? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 239:)] —πρὸς τί; wherefore? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 766, 1027, etc.)]
B.II τίς is sometimes used for ὅστις in indirect questions, εἰρώτα δὴ ἔπειτα τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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))]; οὐκ ἔχω τί φῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([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)]; frequently in later Gr., where ὅστις is very rare, εἰς τὸ λογιστήριον γράφων.. τί ὀφείλεται [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.29.42 (3rd c.BC),compare “PCair.Zen.” 21.40, +others (3rd c.BC))]; οὐθεὶς ἐσήμηνεν παρὰ τί ἂν τοῖς προστεταγμένοις.. οὐ κατηκολούθησαν nobody indicated why they should not have obeyed orders, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 72.160, compare 61 (b). 227 (2nd c.BC))]; ὅστις and τίς are sometimes combined, ὡς πύθοιθ᾽ ὅ τι δρῶν ἢ τί φωνῶν ῥυσαίμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 71, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 489f, 617, 623:)] —later with infinitive, τί πράττειν οὐκ ἔχω I do not know what to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 67, cf. Ps.- 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 29.)]
B.II.b sometimes not in indirect questions, whoever, whatever, αἰτοῦ τί χρῄζεις ἕν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 773.2)]; ταῦτα οὐκ ἀπέστελλον πάντα, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκλεγόμενοι τίνων αἱ τιμαὶ ἐπετέταντο whatever things had risen in price, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.24)]; τίνα δ᾽ ἁ Κύπρις οὐκ ἐφίλησεν whomsoever K. has not loved, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.169 (3rd c.BC(?): Nossis Epigrammatica))]; τίνι ἡ τύχη δίδωσι, λαβέτω Antiochusap.[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (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)], see above[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 111.2e); τίς ἂν δὲ χεῖρα προσαγάγῃ “epigram Gr.” 376a (from Aezani))]; τίς σοφός, αὐτῷ προσκολλήθητι [LXX+NT (LXX.Sir.6.34; οὐ τί ἐγὼ θίλω, ἀλλὰ τί σύ NT.Mark.14.36)]; τίς σοφίῃ πάντων πρῶτος, τούτου τρίποδ᾽ αὐδῶ Oracle texts cited in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 9.3 et cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.28 codices (ὃς)] Cobet from [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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))]; in other places, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1176, “Tr.” 339, “OT” 1144, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 324, this _construction_ cannot be admitted.)]
B.II.c τίς ={ὅστις} after a negative, μή τίς ἐστιν ἐν ὑμῖν ἀνὴρ ἢ γυνὴ.., τίνος ἡ διάνοια ἐξέκλινεν κτλ.; [LXX (LXX.Deu.29.18.)]
B.II.d = {ὅς} or ὅσπερ, τέων.. Ζεὺς ἐπὶ σαλπίγγων ἱρὰ βοῇ δέχεται Κᾶρες ὁμοῦ Λελέγεσσι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (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))], compare 5.2,8; τίνας ἱερεωσύνας εἶχον ἐπενεγύων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 705.43, compare 56 (Senatus consultum, Delph., 2nd c.BC))]; τίνα με ὑπονοεῖτε εἶναι, οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγώ [NT (NT.Act.13.25)]; τίς ἔζησεν ἔτη β who lived.., [Refs (“IG” 14.1560 (from Rome), compare 1391 ([prev. passage]))]; εὗρον γεωργόν, τίς αὐτὰ ἑλκύσῃ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 822.5 (2nd-3rd 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.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 452a; ἐπειρέσθαι.. τίνες ἐόντες ἄνθρωποι.. ταῦτα προαγορεύουσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.153)]; καταμεμάθηκας.. τοὺς τί ποιοῦντας τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἀποκαλοῦσ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; νῦν δ᾽ ἐπειδὴ τίνος τέχνης ἐπιστήμων ἐστί, τίνα ἂν καλοῦντες αὐτὸν ὀρθῶς καλοῖμε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 448c.)]
B.III = {πότερος}; [NT+5th c.BC+ (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.)]
B.IV τί as exclamatory adverb, how.. ! τί ὡραιώθησαν σιαγόνες σου ὡς τρυγόνες [LXX (LXX.Cant.1.10, compare 4.10)]; τί θέλω how I wish! [NT (NT.Luke.12.49)]; τί στενή variant in [NT (NT.Matt.7.14.)]
C Prosody: τις and τίς keep ῐ in all cases (digamma operates in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.462, etc.).)]
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; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 149)]; τί οὖ; [Refs ([prev. author] “Pl.” 94)]; τί ἔστ; [Refs ([prev. author] “Nu.” 82, “Av.” 1036)]; τί, ὦ πάτε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 80:—a licence which is rarer in Trag., τί ἔστι; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 733)]; τί οὖ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)]; τί εἶπα; [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 1203, “Ph.” 917.)]