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|Definition=τι, Indef. Pron. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">any one, any thing</b>, enclitic through all cases (for exceptions v. infr.):—but <b class="b3">τίς;</b> <b class="b3">τί</b>; Interrog. Pron. <b class="b2">who? what?</b>, oxyt. in the monosyll. cases, parox. in the others:—Dialectal forms: Cypr. σις (<b class="b2">si se</b>) <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span>135.10 H.; Arc. σις (with &lt;*&gt; for ς) <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).262.25 (Mantinea, v B.C.); Thess. κις ib.9(2).515.12 (Larissa), 1226.4, 1229.27 (Phalanna), pl. κινες ib.517.41 (Larissa), neut. κι in <b class="b3">διεκί, ποκκί</b> (qq.v.); neut. pl. Dor. <b class="b3">σά</b>, Boeot. τά, Aeol. dat. <b class="b3">τίω, τίοισι</b> (v. infr. B). (I.-E. <b class="b2">q[uglide]i-</b>, cf. Lat. <b class="b2">quis, quid</b>, etc.; for <b class="b3">σά, τά</b>, v. [[ἄσσα]], σά μάν; with <b class="b3">τέο</b> (v. infr. B) cf. OSlav. gen. <span class="hiitalic">c&lt;*&gt;eso.</span>) </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> Indef. Pron. τις, τι, gen. Ion. τεο <span class="bibl">Od.16.305</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.58</span>; more freq. τευ <span class="bibl">Il.2.388</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.30</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Meliss.7</span>, etc.; Trag. and Att. του <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>21</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>329</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.70</span>, etc. (sts. fem., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>290</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>1107</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>370</span>, etc.); του is rare after <span class="bibl">300</span> B.C., never in LXX or <span class="title">NT</span>, but found in <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).798.17 (Tenos, iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>250.6</span>, <span class="bibl">647.23</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Plb.3.23.3</span>, revived by the Atticists, <span class="bibl">D.H.8.29</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>20</span>, etc.; τινος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.90</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.16.17, 65.41, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>102</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>698</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.109</span>, al. (<span class="title">Rh.Mus.</span>72.483), etc.; dat. Ion. τεῳ <span class="bibl">Il.16.227</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.502</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.48</span>, <span class="bibl">5.86</span>; Trag. and Att. <b class="b3">τῳ</b> (also in Hom., <span class="bibl">Il.1.299</span>, <span class="bibl">12.328</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.13.308</span>, <span class="bibl">20.297</span>, al., always in masc.) <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1045</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.39.54, <span class="bibl">D.S.18.45</span>; as fem., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>472</span>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>80</span>, etc.; τινι (Hom. in the form οὔ τινι <span class="bibl">Il.17.68</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.96</span>) <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span>9.26</span>, al., <span class="bibl">B.17.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.114</span> (elsewh. fem., <span class="bibl">2.62</span>, <span class="bibl">3.69</span>, <span class="bibl">83</span>, <span class="bibl">4.113</span>), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1041</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>443</span>, <span class="bibl">495</span>, etc.; acc. τινα <span class="bibl">Il.1.62</span>, <span class="bibl">5.761</span>, etc., neut. τι <span class="bibl">2.122</span>, etc.: dual τινε <span class="bibl">Od.4.26</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>237d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prm.</span>143c</span>, <span class="bibl">149e</span>: pl. τινες (Hom. only in οὔ τινες <span class="bibl">Od.6.279</span>, <span class="bibl">17.587</span> and <b class="b3">οἵτινες</b> (v. <b class="b3">ὅστις</b>)); Dor. τινεν <span class="title">SIG</span>527.127 (Drerus, iii B.C.); nom. and acc. neut. <b class="b3">τινα</b> (ὅτινα <span class="bibl">Il.22.450</span>), never in Trag., Ar., Th., or Hdt., f.l. in <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.74</span>, first in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>163d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.</span>325a</span>, <span class="bibl">D.47.63</span>, <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Ath.</span>19</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.110</span>, <span class="bibl">Sotad.Com.1.22</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1094a5</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.35 (Epid., iv B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἄσσα</b> (q.v.) <span class="bibl">Od.19.218</span>, never in Trag. or Hdt.; Att. <b class="b3">ἄττα</b> first in <span class="bibl">Th.1.113</span>, <span class="bibl">2.100</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>173</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>400a</span>, etc., never in LXX, Plb., D.S., Str., revived by the Atticists, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>3</span>, etc.; gen. Ion. τεων <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.175</span>, <span class="bibl">5.57</span>, <b class="b3">τεῶν</b> cj. for <b class="b3">γε ῶν</b> in <span class="bibl">4.76</span>; τινων not in Hdt., first in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>977</span> (lyr.); dat. τισι<b class="b3">, τισιν</b>, first in <span class="bibl">Hdt. 9.113</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ath.</span>1.18</span>; N.-W. Dor. τινοις <span class="title">GDI</span>1409.5 (Delph., iii B.C.); Ion. τεοισι <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.113</span>, <span class="bibl">9.27</span> (for τεοις and τεον v. [[τεός]]); acc. τινας <span class="bibl">Il.15.735</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.371</span> (also in <b class="b3">οὕστινας, ὅτινας</b>, v. [[ὅστις]]), etc.; neut. τινα (v. supr.):—<b class="b2">any one, any thing, some one, some thing</b>; and as Adj. <b class="b2">any, some</b>, and serving as the Indef. Art. <b class="b2">a, an</b>; θεός νύ τίς ἐστι κοτήεις <span class="bibl">Il.5.191</span>; καί τις θεὸς ἡγεμόνευεν <span class="bibl">Od.9.142</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδέ τις αὐτὸν ἠείδη δμώων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">205</span>; <b class="b3">ἤ τι ὀϊσάμενος, ἢ . .</b>ib.<span class="bibl">339</span>; <b class="b3">μή τίς μοι ὑποδείσας ἀναδύη</b> ib.<span class="bibl">377</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">405</span>-<span class="bibl">410</span>; <b class="b3">εἴ τινά που μετ' ὄεσσι λάβοι</b> ib. <span class="bibl">418</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">421</span>, al.; <b class="b3">τις θεός</b> construed as if <b class="b3">τις θεῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">19.40</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.502</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.94.19, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1039</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> special usages: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">some one</b> (of many), i.e. <b class="b2">many a one</b>, ὧδε δέ τις εἴπεσκεν <span class="bibl">Il.7.201</span>, etc.: sts. with meiosis, implying <b class="b2">all</b> or <b class="b2">men</b>, <span class="bibl">13.638</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.224</span>; so in Prose, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.49</span> fin., <span class="bibl">Th.2.37</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">any one concerned, every one</b>, εὖ μέν τις δόρυ θηξάσθω <span class="bibl">Il.2.382</span>; <b class="b3">ἀλλά τις αὐτὸς ἴτω</b> let <b class="b2">every man</b> come himself, <span class="bibl">17.254</span>; ἵνα τις στυγέῃσι καὶ ἄλλος <span class="bibl">8.515</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.209</span>, <span class="bibl">17.227</span>, al.; so in Trag. and Att., even with the imper., <b class="b3">τοῦτό τις . . ἴστω</b> S <span class="title">Aj.</span>417 (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>346</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1187</span>; ἀγορεύω τινὶ ἐμὲ μὴ βασανίζειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>628</span>; <b class="b3">τοὺς ξυμμάχους αὐτόν τινα κολάζειν</b> that <b class="b2">every man</b> should himself chastise his own allies, <span class="bibl">Th.1.40</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.77</span>; ὅ τί τις ἐδύνατο <span class="bibl">Id.7.75</span>; <b class="b3">ἄμεινόν τινος</b> better than <b class="b2">any others</b>, <span class="bibl">D.21.66</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19.35</span>:—this is more fully expressed by adding other pronominal words, τις ἕκαστος <span class="bibl">Od.9.65</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.31</span>, etc.; πᾶς τις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 1205</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.80</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.94</span>, etc.; ἅπας τις <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.113</span>, etc.; οὐδέν τι μᾶλλον <span class="bibl">Id.4.118</span>. In these senses, τις is freq. combined with pl. words, <b class="b3">οἱ κακοὶ . . οὐκ ἴσασι, πρίν τις ἐκβάλῃ</b>, for <b class="b3">πρὶν ἐκβάλωσι</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 965</span>; <b class="b3">οἷς ἂν ἐπίω, ἧσσόν τις πρόσεισι</b>, for <b class="b3">ἧσσον προσίασι</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.85</span>; ἐτόλμα τις... ὁρῶντες <span class="bibl">Id.2.53</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.75</span>; esp. after <b class="b3">εἴ</b> or <b class="b3">ἤν τις</b>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.62</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in reference to a definite person, whom one wishes to avoid naming, <b class="b3">οὐκ ἔφασαν ἰέναι, ἐὰν μή τις χρήματα διδῷ</b> (i.e. Cyrus) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>1.4.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>552</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.122</span>; so also euphem. for something bad, ἤν τι ποιῶμεν <span class="bibl">Th.2.74</span>; ἂν οὗτός τι πάθῃ <span class="bibl">D.4.11</span>: hence for the 1st or 2nd pers. Pron., ἅ τιν' οὐ πείσεσθαι ὀΐω <span class="bibl">Il.1.289</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>751</span>; <b class="b3">ποῖ τις τρέψεται</b>; for <b class="b3">ποῖ τρέψομαι</b>; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>603</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>245</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">1138</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.59</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.4.40</span>, <span class="bibl">5.7.31</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> indefinitely, where we say <b class="b2">they</b>, French <b class="b2">on</b>, sts. with an ironical force, φοβεῖταί τις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>59</span> (lyr.); μισεῖ τις ἐκεῖνον <span class="bibl">D.4.8</span>; as voc., <b class="b3">τὸν Πλοῦτον ἔξω τις κάλει</b> call P. out, <b class="b2">somebody</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1196</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> τις<b class="b3">, τι</b> may be opposed, expressly or by implication, to <b class="b3">οὐδείς, οὐδέν</b>, and mean <b class="b2">somebody, something</b>, by meiosis for <b class="b2">some great one, some great thing</b>, <b class="b3">ηὔχεις τις εἶναι</b> you boasted that you were <b class="b2">somebody</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>939</span>; εἰσὶν ὅμως τινὲς οἱ εὐδοκιμοῦντες <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1293b13</span>; τὸ δοκεῖν τιν' εἶναι <span class="bibl">Men.156</span>; τὸ δοκεῖν τινὲς εἶναι <span class="bibl">D.21.213</span>; ὡς σὲ μὲν ἐν τῇ πόλει δεῖ τινὰ φαίνεσθαι, τὴν πόλιν δ' ἐν τοῖς Ἕλλησι μηδενὸς ἀξίαν εἶναι <span class="bibl">Id.10.71</span>; <b class="b3">κἠγών τις φαίνομαι ἦμεν</b> after all I too am <b class="b2">somebody</b>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.11.79</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>5.36</span>; also in neut., οἴονταί τι εἶναι ὄντες οὐδενὸς ἄξιοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>41e</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phd.</span>63c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>243a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Euthd.</span>303c</span>, etc.:— so <b class="b3">τι λέγειν</b> to be near the mark, opp. <b class="b3">οὐδὲν λέγειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>339c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>329e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>260a</span>, etc.; ἵνα καὶ εἰδῶμεν εἴ τι ὅδε λέγει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cra.</span>407e</span>; οἴεσθέ τι ποιεῖν, οὐδὲν ποιοῦντες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>173c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> τις is sts. opp. to another word, ἀελλοπόδων μέν τιν' εὐφραίνοισιν ἵππων τιμαί... τέρπεται δὲ καί τις . . <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>221</span>; τισὶ τῶν πολιτῶν ἀποροῦσι συνεξέδωκε θυγατέρας... τοὺς δ' ἐλύσατο ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων <span class="bibl">Lys.19.59</span>; μέρος μέν τι σιδήρου, μέρος δέ τι ὀστράκινον <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Da.</span>2.33</span> (more freq. with the Article, v. infr. <span class="bibl">10</span> c); <b class="b3">ἔστιν οὖν οὐ πᾶν τὸ ταχύ, ἀλλά τι</b> (sic codd. BT) αὐτοῦ ἀγαστόν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>412c</span>; ἀναγκαῖον ἤτοι πᾶσι τοῖς πολίταις ἀποδίδοσθαι πάσας ταύτας τὰς κρίσεις ἢ τισὶ πάσας . . ἢ τινὰς μὲν αὐτῶν πᾶσι τινὰς δὲ τισίν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1298a9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1277a23</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ μεῖζον τοῦθ' ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἑτέρου λέγεται· τινὸς γὰρ λέγεται μεῖζον</b> greater than <b class="b2">something</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cat.</span>6a38</span>; τὸ πρώτως ὂν καὶ οὐ τὶ ὂν ἀλλ' ὂν ἁπλῶς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1028a30</span>; <b class="b3">πότερον τῷ τυχόντι ἢ τισίν</b>; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1269a26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> with pr. names τις commonly signifies <b class="b2">one named</b> so-and-so, ἦν δέ τις ἐν Τρώεσσι Δάρης <span class="bibl">Il.5.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.4</span>, etc.; with a sense of contempt, <b class="b3">Θερσίτης τις ἦν</b> there was <b class="b2">one</b> Thersites, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>442</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">one of the same sort</b>, converting the pr. name into an appellative, <b class="b3">ἤ τις Ἀπόλλων ἢ Πάν</b> <b class="b2">an</b> Apollo or <b class="b2">a</b> Pan, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>55</span> (anap.); [<b class="b3">πόλιες] ταὶ μέλονται πρός τινος ἢ Διὸς ἢ γλαυκᾶς Ἀθάνας</b> Lyr.in <span class="title">PVat.</span>11v xi7; Σκύλλαν τινά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1233</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>181</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>512</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>912</span>: so also ὥς τις ἥλιος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>288</span>; <b class="b3">ἰσθμόν</b> τιν' <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Th.</span>647</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> with Adjs. τις combines to express the idea of a Subst. used as predicate, <b class="b3">ὥς τις θαρσαλέος καὶ ἀναιδής ἐσσι προΐκτης</b> <b class="b2">a</b> bold and impudent beggar, <span class="bibl">Od.17.449</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.382</span>, <span class="bibl">20.140</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.3.220</span>; <b class="b3">ἐγώ τις, ὡς ἔοικε, δυσμαθής</b> <b class="b2">a</b> dull<b class="b2">ard</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>358a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>340e</span>; <b class="b3">φόβου πλέα τις εἶ</b> <b class="b2">a</b> cow<b class="b2">ard</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>696</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>979</span>(lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>1140</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὡς ταχεῖά τις . . χάρις διαρρεῖ</b> in what swift <b class="b2">fashion</b> ( = [[ταχέως πως]]), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1266</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>618</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.198</span>; <b class="b3">δεινόν τι ποιεύμενος</b> thinking it <b class="b2">a</b> terrible <b class="b2">thing</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.3.155</span>, <span class="bibl">5.33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> with numerals and Adjs. expressing number, size, or the like, <b class="b3">εἷς δέ τις ἀρχὸς ἀνὴρ . . ἔστω</b> <b class="b2">some</b> one man, <span class="bibl">Il.1.144</span>; ἕνα τιν' ἂν καθεῖσεν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>911</span>; δώσει δέ τι ἕν γε φέρεσθαι <span class="bibl">Od.15.83</span>; τινὰ μίαν νύκτα <span class="bibl">Th.6.61</span>; προσκαλεσάμενός τινας δύο τῶν ἑκατονταρχῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>23.23</span>; sts. the τις softens the definiteness of the numeral, <b class="b3">ἑπτά τινες</b> <b class="b2">some</b> seven, seven <b class="b2">or so</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.7.34</span>; ἐς διακοσίους τινάς <span class="bibl">Id.3.111</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.87</span>, <span class="bibl">8.21</span>; so without an actual numeral, <b class="b3">ἡμέρας τινάς</b> <b class="b2">some</b> days, i.e. <b class="b2">several</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.3.52</span>; <b class="b3">στρατῷ τινι</b> <b class="b2">of a certain amount, considerable</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.8.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἐνιαυτόν τινα</b> a year <b class="b2">or so</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.3.68</span>; so <b class="b3">οὐ πολλοί τινες, τινὲς οὐ πολλοί</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>510</span>, <span class="bibl">Th. 6.94</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὀλίγοι τινές</b> or τινὲς ὀλίγοι <span class="bibl">Id.2.17</span>, <span class="bibl">3.7</span>; <b class="b3">οὔ τινα πολλὸν χρόνον</b> no <b class="b2">very</b> long time, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.48</span>; τις στρατιὰ οὐ πολλή <span class="bibl">Th.6.61</span>; so also <b class="b3">ὅσσος τις χρυσός</b> what <b class="b2">a</b> store of gold, <span class="bibl">Od.10.45</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.193</span>, <span class="bibl">2.18</span>, etc.; κόσοι τινές <span class="bibl">Id.7.234</span>; πηλίκαι τινὲς τιμωρίαι <span class="bibl">Isoc. 20.3</span>; πολλὸς γάρ τις ἔκειτο <span class="bibl">Il.7.156</span>; ἐκ πολλοῦ τευ χρόνου <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.58</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">9</span> with Pronominal words, <b class="b3">ἀλλά τί μοι τόδε θυμὸς . . μερμηρίζει</b> <b class="b2">something</b>, namely this, <span class="bibl">Od.20.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">380</span>; <b class="b3">οἷός τις</b> what sort of <b class="b2">a</b> man, <span class="bibl">Il.5.638</span> (dub. l.), cf. <span class="bibl">Od.9.348</span>, <span class="bibl">20.377</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>313a</span>, etc.; ποῖός τις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>42</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>1163</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.34</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.6.24</span>, etc.; ὁποῖός τις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.2.2</span>, al.; εὐτυχίη τις τοιήδε <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.139</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.1.1</span>, etc.; τοιοῦτός τις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>5.8.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">10</span> with the Article, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">a</span> when a noun with the Art. is in appos. with τις, as <b class="b3">ὅταν δ' ὁ κύριος παρῇ τις</b> when the person in authority, <b class="b2">whoever he be</b>, is here, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>289</span>; <b class="b3">τοὺς αὐτοέντας . . τιμωρεῖν τινας</b> (v.l. τινα) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>107</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> in Philosophic writers, τις is added to the Art. to show that the Art. is used to denote a particular individual who is not specified in the general formula, although he would be in the particular case, <b class="b3">ὁ τὶς ἄνθρωπος</b> <b class="b2">the individual</b> man (<b class="b2">whoever he may be), this or that</b> man, opp. <b class="b3">ἄνθρωπος</b> (man in general), <b class="b3">ὁ τὶς ἵππος, ἡ τὶς γραμματική</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cat.</span>1b4</span>, <span class="bibl">8</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ τὶ μέγεθος</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ὅλως τὸ μέγεθος</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1283a4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>2.223</span>; but in ἑνὸς γὰρ τό γε τὶ φήσεις σημεῖον εἶναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>237d</span>, the Art. is used as in Il. cc. s.v. ὁ, ἡ, τό <span class="bibl">B.1.5</span>: later <b class="b3">ὅ τις</b> (or <b class="b3">ὁ τὶς</b>) much like [[ὁ δεῖνα]], δεῦρο ὅ τις θεός, ὄφθητί μοι in a general formula of invocation, <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.236; <b class="b3">αἴρω σε, ἥ τις βοτάνη</b> ib.287; <b class="b3">εἰς τήν τινα κρείαν</b> (leg. <b class="b3">χρείαν</b>) ib.289. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> freq. in opposed clauses, ὁ μέν τις... ὁ δὲ . . <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1141</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span>624</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>99b</span>, etc.; ὁ μέν τις... ἄλλος δὲ . . <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1407</span>; ὁ μὲν... ὁ δέ τις . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.15</span>: pl., οἱ μέν τινες... οἱ δὲ . . <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.127</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.91</span>; οἱ μέν τινες... οἱ δὲ... οἱ δέ τινες <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.2.10</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ μὲν... οἱ δέ τινες . .</b>ib.<span class="bibl">6.1.26</span>, etc.: also combined with other alternative words, ὁ μέν τις... ὁ δέ τις... ἕτερος δέ τις . . <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>2.6</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ μὲν... ἕτερος δέ τις... ὁ δὲ . .</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pl.</span>162</span> sq.: also in neut., τὸ μέν τι... τὸ δέ τι . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>358a</span>; τὸ μέν τι... τὸ δὲ . . <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.40</span>; in adverb. sense, <b class="b3">τὸ μὲν... τὸ δέ τι . .</b><b class="b2">partly... partly . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.73.4</span>; and τι remains unaltered even when the Art. is pl., τὰ μέν τι μαχόμενοι, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἀναπαυόμενοι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>7.1.46</span>; also <b class="b3">τὸ δέ τι . .</b>but <b class="b2">in some</b> measure... without <b class="b3">τὸ μέν</b> preceding, <span class="bibl">Th.1.107</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">118</span>, <span class="bibl">7.48</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> later τις is used as in b supr. but without the Art., <b class="b3">γράψον . . ὅτι τι καί τι εἴληφας</b> that you have received <b class="b2">such</b> and <b class="b2">such</b> things, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>937.22</span> (iii A.D.); <b class="b3">κληρονόμους καταλείπω τὴν θυγατέρα μού τινα καὶ τὸν σύντροφον αὐτῆς τινα καί τινα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1034.2</span> (ii A.D.); <b class="b3">τίς τινι χαίρειν</b> <span class="title">A</span> to <span class="title">B</span> greeting (in a draft letter), ib.<span class="bibl">509</span> (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> the neut. τι is used, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">a</span> collectively, <b class="b3">ἦν τι καὶ ἐν ταῖς Συρακούσαις</b> there was <b class="b2">a party . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.7.48</span>; so perh. <b class="b3">τῶν ἄλλων οὔ πέρ τι πεφυγμένον ἐστ' Ἀφροδίτην, οὔτε θεῶν, οὔτ' ἀνθρώπων</b> no <b class="b2">class</b>, h.Ven.34 (but masc. τις in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span> 143</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> euphem. for something bad, v. supr. <span class="bibl">3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> joined with Verbs, <b class="b2">somewhat, in any degree, at all</b>, ἦ ῥά τί μοι κεχολώσεαι <span class="bibl">Il.5.421</span>; παρεθάρρυνέ τι αὐτούς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.4.7</span>, etc.: with Adjs. or Adverbs, <b class="b3">οὕτω δή τι ἰσχυραί, οὕτω δή τι πολύγονον</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.12</span>, <span class="bibl">108</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.52</span>; so also ὀλίγον τι ἧσσον <span class="bibl">Od.15.365</span>; οὐδέ τι μᾶλλον <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.123</span>, etc.; ἧσσόν τι <span class="bibl">Th.3.75</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐ πάνυ τι, πολύ τι, σχεδόν τι</b>, v. [[πάνυ]] <span class="bibl">1.3</span>, πολύς <span class="bibl">111.1a</span>, <span class="bibl">2a</span>, <b class="b3">σχεδόν</b> IV; also in conjunction with οὐδέν, μηδέν, οὐδέν τι πάντως <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.3</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδέν, μηδέν τι μᾶλλον</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>522</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>280</span>; μηδέν τι λίαν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1234</span>:—also <b class="b3">καί τι καὶ . . ὑποψίᾳ</b> <b class="b2">in part</b> also from suspicion, <span class="bibl">Th.1.107</span>; καί πού τι καί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">12</span> <b class="b3">τίς τε</b> freq. in Hom., ὡς ὅτε τίς τε <span class="bibl">Il.3.33</span>, <span class="bibl">4.141</span>, v. τε B. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">13</span> <b class="b3">ἤ τις ἢ οὐδείς</b> <b class="b2">few</b> or none, <b class="b2">next to none</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.140</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.45</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.47.5</span>, <span class="bibl">48.4</span>; <b class="b3">ἤ τι ἢ οὐδέν</b> <b class="b2">little</b> or nothing, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>17b</span>; ἢ οὐδεὶς ἤ τις <span class="bibl">D.C.41.62</span> (s. v.l.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">14</span> τις is pleonast. in such phrases as <b class="b3">οὐδέν τι</b> or <b class="b3">μηδέν τι</b>, v. supr. <span class="bibl">11c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> repeated in successive clauses, ὅσα λέγει τις ἢ πράσσειτις ἢψέγειν ἔχει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>689</span>; εἴ τις δύο ἢ καὶ πλέους τις ἡμέρας λογίζεται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>944</span> (where however <b class="b3">κἄτι πλείους</b> is prob. cj.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1218</span> (whereas τις is sts. omitted in the first clause, οὔτε φωνὴν οὔτε του μορφὴν βροτῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>3</span>): but in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span> 734</span>, <b class="b3">ἔστι γάρ τις οὐ πρόσω . . πόλις τις</b>, the repetition is pleonastic, as also in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>57</span> sq. (lyr., s. v.l.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">15</span> τις is sts. omitted, <b class="b3">οὐδέ κεν ἔνθα τεόν γε μένος καὶ χεῖρας ὄνοιτο</b> (sc. τις) <span class="bibl">Il.13.287</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς δ' ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται</b> (sc. τις) φεύγοντα διώκειν <span class="bibl">22.199</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1226</span> (lyr.), <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>2.2, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>5.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>456d</span>: τις must often be supplied from what goes before, ib.<span class="bibl">478c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>319d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> sts. also τις is omitted before a gen. case which must depend upon it, as ἢ [τις] τᾶς ἀσώτου Σισυφιδᾶν γενεᾶς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>189</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἢν γαμῇ ποτ' αὐτὸς ἢ [τις</b>] τῶν ξυγγενῶν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1128</span>; ἐν τῶν πόλεων <span class="title">IG</span>12.56.14.--Cf. <b class="b3">ὅστις, οὔτις, μήτις, ἄλλο τι</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Accentuation and position of τις: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> accentuation: τις is normally enclitic, but in certain uses is orthotone, i.e. theoretically oxytone (<b class="b3">τίς, τινά, τινές, τινῶν</b>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Choerob. <span class="title">in Theod.</span>1.373</span> H.) and barytone when followed by another word (<b class="b3">τὶς</b> or τις<b class="b3">, τινὰ, τινὲς, τινῶν</b>, etc.). According to Sch. D.T.<span class="bibl">p.240</span> H. its orthotone accent is <b class="b3">τίς</b> (not <b class="b3">τὶς</b>) <b class="b3">, τίνα, τίνες</b>, etc. The orthotone form is used in codd.: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">a</span> at the beginning of a sentence, <b class="b3">τίς ἔνδον . .</b>; is <b class="b2">any one</b> within? <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>654</span> (<b class="b3">τὶς</b> cj. Hermann); <b class="b3">τί φημι;</b> = [[λέγω τι]]; am I saying <b class="b2">anything?</b> <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>865</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>1471</span>; &lt;<b class="b3">τίς ἦλθε;&gt; ἦλθέ τις</b> has <b class="b2">anybody</b> come? <span class="title">Somebody</span> has come, Sch.D.T. l.c.; <b class="b3">τὶς κάθηται, τὶς περιπατεῖ</b>, <b class="b2">so and so</b> is sitting (walking), <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>8.97</span>; <b class="b3">τὶς αἰπόλος καλούμενος Κομάτας</b> Sch.<span class="bibl">Theoc.7.78</span>; τίς ποτε οἰκοδεσπότης . . ἐκοπία Aesop. in <span class="title">Gloss.</span> iii <span class="bibl">p.41</span>; or after a pause, πῶς γὰρ ἄν, ἔφην ἐγώ, ὦ βέλτιστε, τὶς ἀποκρίναιτο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>337e</span>; <b class="b3">τι οὖν</b> (τὶς ἂν εἴποι) <b class="b3"> ταῦτα λέγεις</b>; <span class="bibl">D.1.14</span> (v.l.); ἔντοσθεν δὲ γυνά, τι θεῶν δαίδαλμα <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.32</span>; οὐ γυμνὸν τὸ φίλαμα, τι δ' ὦ ξένε καὶ πλέον ἑξεῖς <span class="bibl">Mosch.1.5</span> (v.l. for [[τὺ]]). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> when τις is opp. to another τις or to some other word, τισὶ μὲν συμφέρει, τισὶ δ' οὐ συμφέρει <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1284b40</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.92</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>49a</span>, <span class="bibl">D. 9.2</span>; τινὲς μὲν οὖν... ἡμεῖς δὲ . . <span class="bibl">Sor.1.1</span>; τὸ τὶ μὲν ψεῦδος ἔχον, τὶ δὲ ἀληθές <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>8.127</span>; ἀλλὰ τινὰ μὲν... τινὰ δὲ . . <span class="bibl">Gem.14.6</span>; ποτὲ μὲν πρὸς πάντα, ποτὲ δὲ πρὸς τινά <span class="bibl">Sor.1.48</span>: without such opposition, <b class="b3">τοῦτ' εἰς ἀνίαν τοὔπος ἔρχεται τινί</b> for <b class="b2">a certain person</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1138</span>. Codd. are not consistent; in signf.<span class="bibl">11.5a</span>, <span class="bibl">10c</span>, <span class="bibl">13</span> they make it enclitic; in signf. <span class="bibl">11.5b</span> sts. enclitic, sts. orthotone (v. supr.); sts. enclitic and orthotone in the same sentence, πάντα δὲ τὰ γιγνόμενα ὑπό τέ τινος γίγνεται καὶ ἔκ τινος καὶ τί <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1032a14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>165c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> position: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">a</span> τις is rarely first word in the sentence, and rarely follows a pause (v. supr. <span class="bibl">111.1a</span>, b); it may stand second word, ἔσκε τις ἐνθάδε μάντις ἀνήρ <span class="bibl">Od.9.508</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.8.515</span>, <span class="bibl">23.331</span>; but in general its position is not far before or after the word to which it belongs in sense, ἀλλ' ἄγε δή τινα μάντιν ἐρείομεν <span class="bibl">1.62</span>; φυλακὴ δέ τις ἔμπεδος ἔστω <span class="bibl">8.521</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> in Ion. Prose it sts. stands between its genitive and the Article of that genitive, τῶν τις Περσέων <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.85</span>; τῶν τις ἱρέων <span class="bibl">Id.2.38</span>; τῶν τινες Φοινίκων <span class="bibl">Id.8.90</span>; ἐς τῶν τι ἄλλο στομάτων τοῦ Νείλου <span class="bibl">Id.2.179</span>; so also in late Prose, <span class="bibl">Ath.3.108d</span>, <span class="bibl">Eust.1402.18</span>, <span class="bibl">1659.27</span>, <span class="bibl">1676.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> it stands between the Art. and Subst. in signf.<span class="bibl">11.10b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b3">τίς τι</b> is the correct order, not <b class="b3">τί τις</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.110.46, <span class="bibl">Th.7.10</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.14</span> (codd. dett.), <span class="bibl">D.22.22</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">e</span> whereas in Att. the order <b class="b3">ἐάν τις</b> is compulsory, in Dor. the usual order is <b class="b3">αἴ τίς κα</b>, <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>9.43, al., <span class="title">Tab.Heracl.</span>1.105, al. (but αἴ κά τις <span class="bibl">Epich.35</span>, <span class="bibl">159</span>; αἰ δέ κα μή τις <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>5.13): later Dor. εἴ τί κα <span class="title">GDI</span>2101.3, al.; <b class="b3">καἴ τι ἂν</b>( = [[καὶ εἴ τι ἂν]]) <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1390.50 (Andania, i B.C., v. infr. <span class="bibl">B.11.1b</span>):—this Dor. order influenced the Koine, as in the rare εἴ τις ἂν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">TG</span>15</span>. </span>
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