ὁτιή
Δίκαιος ἴσθι, ἵνα δικαίων δὴ τύχῃς → Sis aequus, aequa ut consequaris tu quoque → Sei du gerecht, damit Gerechtes dir widerfährt
English (LSJ)
(better ὅτι ἢ, v. infr.), Conj., colloquial form of ὅτι B,
A because, E.Cyc.643, Eup.305, Ar.Eq.29, 34, 181, 236, etc.: folld. by τί, ὁτιὴ τί ; 'cause why? Id.Nu.784; ὁτιὴ τί δή; ib.755. (The accentuation ὅτι ἢ is implied by A.D., who says πρὸς πάντων συμφώνως ἀνεγνώσθη ἐν ὀξείᾳ τάσει τὸ ο Conj.256.2, cf. Synt.307.22; only ὁτιὴ is found in codd., and Eust. has οἱ Ἀττικοὶ ὀξυτόνως λέγουσι τιὴ καὶ ὁτιή 118.36, cf. 45.4; cf. ἦ 1.2.) 2 more rarely, = ὅτι, that, Ar.Eq.360, Nu. 331, V.1395, Av.1010.
German (Pape)
[Seite 405] = ὅτι, weil, Ar. Equ. 29. 426 u. öfter; ὁτιητί, d. i. ὁτιὴ τί; warum? Nubb. 774; so auch ὅτι τί δή; Plut. 136.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὁτιή: σύνδεσμ., κωμικ. τύπος τοῦ ὅτι Β, διότι, Εὔπολις ἐν Ἀδήλ. 8, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 29. 34, 181, 236, κτλ. 2) σπανιώτερον = ὅτι, (εἰδικὸν) αὐτόθι 360, Νεφ. 331, Σφ. 1395, Ὄρν. 1011. ΙΙ. = ὅ τι, ἐπὶ πλαγίων ἐρωτήσεων, διὰ ποῖον λόγον, ὁτιὴ τί; διὰ τί οὕτω; Ἀριστοφ. νεφ. 784· καὶ ὁτιὴ τί δή; αὐτόθι 756, Πλ. 136. - Πρβλ. τίη, ἐπειή.
