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τίς

τίς

See also: τις and -τις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Pronoun

τῐ́ς (tís)

  1. (interrogative)
    1. (substantive)
      1. (masculine, feminine) who?
      2. (neuter) what?
    2. (adjective) what? which? what kind?
  2. (adverbial, accusative, τί) why?

Usage notes

  • The neuter nominative/accusative τί () is never elided, but a hiatus is allowed in Attic Greek.
  • The stem iota remains short in every declined form.

Inflection

Synonyms

Related terms

  • πότερος (póteros, which of two)
  • ποῖος (poîos, what kind?)
  • πόσος (pósos, how much?)
  • πῶς (pôs, how?)
  • ποῦ (poû, where?)
  • πόθι (póthi, where?)
  • πόθεν (póthen, whence?)
  • ποῖ (poî, whither?)
  • πότε (póte, when?)
  • πηνίκα (pēníka, at what time?)
  • πηλίκος (pēlíkos, how large?)
  • ποσάκις (posákis, how many times?)

Descendants

  • Greek: τι (ti)

References

Etymology 2

See τις (tis).

Pronoun

τίς (tís)

  1. oxytone form of τις (tis, someone, anyone)

Usage notes

Used before another enclitic:

  • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 70.b
    καὶ δὴ καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔθος [Γοργίας] ὑ̄μᾶς εἴθικεν, ἀφόβως τε καὶ μεγαλοπρεπῶς ἀποκρί̄νεσθαι ἐά̄ν τίς τι ἔρηται.
    And furthermore, [Gorgias] has also accustomed you to the habit of answering fearlessly and magnificently if someone asks you something.