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|Definition=τί; Interrog. Pron. [[τίς]], ''Elean and Lacon.'' [[τίρ]], τί; — gen. Epic and Ionic [[τέο]] ''Il.'' 2.225, Herod. 8.1, etc., or [[τεῦ]] ''Od.'' 15.509, Hdt. 5.106, etc.; Trag. and ''Attic'' τοῦ A. ''Pr.'' 614, Ar. ''Nu.'' 1223, etc.; Ionic, Trag., and ''Attic'' [[τίνος]] Simon. 154, Hdt. 6.80, A. ''Pr.'' 563 (anap.), S. ''Aj.'' 892, Ar Ach. 588, etc.; dat. Ionic [[τέῳ]] Hdt. 1.11, al. (as fem., 4.155); no dat. in Hom. or Hes.; Trag. and ''Attic'' τῷ S. ''Ant.'' 401, D. 19.60, etc.; ''Aeolic'' [[τίῳ]] Sappho 104; [[τίνι]] first in Pi. ''N.'' 7.57, A. ''Pers.'' 715 (troch.), S. ''OT'' 10, Ar. ''Ach.'' 919, Hdt. 3.38, Th. 1.80, D. 20.115, etc.; acc. [[τίνα]] ''Il.'' 5.703, etc.; neut. τί 1.362, etc.; dual [[τίνε]] (elided) Ar. ''Av.'' 107; pl. nom. τίνες ''Od.'' 1.172, etc.; neut. [[τίνα]] Pl. ''Phd.'' 102a, Aeschin. 2.81, Hipparch. 1.1.4, Gem. 17.12, Epic Hebr. 5.12; gen. Epic [[τέων]] ''Il.'' 24.387, ''Od.'' 20.192, and as monosyll. 6.119, 13.200; Trag. and ''Attic'' τίνων S. ''El.'' 1476, ''OC'' 2, Ar. ''Nu.'' 1089, etc.; dat. [[τίσι]] first in S. ''OT'' 1126, Ar. ''Ra.'' 1455, Pl. ''R.'' 332d, etc. (no dat. in Hom. or Hes.); also [[τοῖσι]] S. ''Tr.'' 984 (anap.); Ionic [[τέοισι]] Hdt. 1.37, cf. 2.82 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ὁτέοισι]]); ''Aeolic'' [[τίοισι]] Sappho 168; acc. [[τίνας]] S. ''OC'' 115, Ar. ''Av.'' 370 (troch.); neut. [[τίνα]] Arr. ''Epict.'' 1.30.3; Boeotian τά Pi. ''O.'' 1.82 (Adv.); Megar. σά Ar. ''Ach.'' 757, 784 (Adv.); of the pl. Hom. uses only nom. τίνες with gen. [[τέων]]; [[ποῖος]] ([[what? which]]?) is sometimes preferred (esp. in neut. pl.) to the ''Adj.'' [[τίς]], e.g. τὰ [[ποῖα]] ταῦτα [[χρήματα]]; Ar. ''Nu.'' 1270, cf. 1337, Th. 621, Pl. ''Cra.'' 391e, 395d, 406d; v. [[ποῖος]] I.3 and IV.<br><b class="num"></b>in direct questions, [[who? which]]? neut.<br><b class="num"></b>[[what]]? [[which]]? ὦ [[ξεῖνοι]], τίνες [[ἐστέ]]; ''Od.'' 9.252; τί νύ μοι [[μήκιστα]] [[γένηται]]; 5.299; [[τίς]] [[δαίμων]] [[τόδε]] [[πῆμα]] [[προσήγαγε]]; 17.446; [[τίς]] [[ἀχώ]], [[τίς]] ὀδμὰ [[προσέπτα]] μ' [[ἀφεγγής]]; A. ''Pr.'' 115 (lyr.), cf. 561 (anap.), etc.; properly at the beginning of the sentence; but this position may be varied, for grammatical reasons, as between the Art. and ''part.'' or noun, τοὺς τί [[ποιοῦντας]] τὸ [[ὄνομα]] [[τοῦτο]] [[ἀποκαλοῦσιν]]; X. ''Mem.'' 2.2.1, cf. Pl. ''Smp.'' 206b; τῆς περὶ τί [[πειθοῦς]] ἡ [[ῥητορική]] [[ἐστιν]] [[τέχνη]]; Id. ''Grg.'' 454a; ὁ σοφιστὴς τῶν τί [[σοφῶν]] [[ἐστιν]]; Id. ''Prt.'' 312d. for emphasis, ἃ δ' [[ἐννέπεις]], [[κλύουσα]] τοῦ [[λέγεις]]; S. ''OC'' 412, cf. ''El.'' 1191; [[πόλις]] τε [[ἀφισταμένη]] [[τίς]] πω… [[τούτῳ]] [[ἐπεχείρησε]]; Th. 3.45; esp. when the Verb begins the sentence, [[δράσεις]] δὲ δὴ τί; E. ''HF'' 1246; [[ἦλθες]] δὲ κατὰ τί; Ar. ''Nu.'' 239; [[διαφέρει]] δὲ τί; D. 18.205. — The person freq. follows in gen. pl., as [[τίς]] [[θεῶν]]; ''Il.'' 18.182, etc.; and of things or conditions, τί is freq. with the genit. sg., of all genders, πρὸς τί [[χρείας]]; S. ''OT'' 1174; [[ἐλπίδων]] ἐς τί; Id. ''OC'' 1749 codd. (lyr.); κἀνήρετ' ἐν τῷ [[πράγματος]] [[κυροῖ]] [[ποτε]] Id. ''Aj.'' 314, etc. sometimes as the predicate, [[τίς]] [[ὀνομάζεται]]; [[what]] is he named? E. ''Ph.'' 123; so also may be expld. the union of [[τίς]] with a demonstr. or possess. Pron., or with a Noun preceded by the Art., τί τοῦτ' [[ἔλεξας]]; S. ''Ph.'' 1173 (lyr.); τί [[ἐστι]] [[τουτί]]; [[τίς]] ὁ [[τρόπος]] τοῦ [[τάγματος]]; Id. ''Ichn.'' 114; also with Pron. in plural, τί ταῦτα; E. ''Ph.'' 382, ''Andr.'' 548, etc.; τί γὰρ τάδ' [[ἐστίν]]; Ar. ''Nu.'' 200; τί ποτ' [[ἐστίν]], ἂ [[διανοούμεθα]]; Pl. ''Tht.'' 154e; τί ποτ' ἐστὶ ταῦτα; ''ib.'' 155c; [[σκεπτέον]] τί τὰ [[συμβαίνοντα]] Id. ''Grg.'' 508b; so τί is used as predicate of a masc. or fem. subject, τί [[νιν]] [[προσείπω]]; A. ''Ch.'' 983 (997); τί [[σοι]] [[φαίνεται]] ὁ [[νεανίσκος]]; Pl. ''Chrm.'' 154d; — also [[τίς]] δ' [[ὅδε]] [[Ναυσικάᾳ]] [[ἕπεται]]; [[who]] is this that follows N. ? ''Od.'' 6.276; [[τίς]] δ' [[οὗτος]] [[ἔρχεαι]]; ''Il.'' 10.82, cf. Alc. 84.1, S. ''El.'' 328, 388, ''Ant.'' 7, 218, E. ''Hec.'' 501, Pl. ''Cri.'' 43c; and in the reverse order, [[τήνδε]] [[τίνα]] [[λεύσσω]]…; [[who]] is this I see? E. ''IA'' 821; [[τίνι]] [[οὖν]] [[τοιούτῳ]] [[φίλους]] ἂν θηρῴην; [[with what means]] of such kind… ? X. ''Mem.'' 3.11.9; τί [[τοσοῦτον]] [[νομίζοντες]] [[ἠδικῆσθαι]]; Id. ''Smp.'' 4.53; τί με τὸ δεινὸν [[ἐργάσῃ]]; [[what]] is the dreadful thing which… ? E. ''Ba.'' 492, cf. S. ''OC'' 598, 1488, etc.; τίν' ὄψιν σὴν [[προσδέρκομαι]]; [[what]] face is this I see of thine? E. ''Hel.'' 557; παρὰ [[τίνας]] τοὺς [[ὑμᾶς]]; [[who]] are 'you' to whom [I am to come]? Pl. ''Ly.'' 203b; — the Art. is exceptionally added to [[τίς]], when it leads up to a word which requires the Art., ληφθήσει… Πανήμου [[εἰκάδι]]· καὶ Λῴου τῇ-τίνι; τῇ [[δεκάτῃ]] on the twentieth of the month Panemus and of Loüs on the --[[what]] day? the tenth, Call. ''Epigr.'' 46; — in Com. also τὸ τί; [[what]] is that? Ar. ''Nu.'' 775, ''Pax'' 696, ''Av.'' 1039, Pl. 902, etc.; τοῦ [[τίνος]] [[χάριν]]; UPZ 6.29 (ii BC); and with pl. Art., τὰ τί; Ar. ''Pax'' 693. with prop. names treated as appellatives (v. τις indef. 11.6b), [[τίς]] [[ἆρα]] [[Κύπρις]] ἢ [[τίς]] [[Ἵμερος]]; S. ''Fr.'' 874; [[τίς]] σε [[Θηρικλῆς]] [[ποτε]] [[ἔτευξε]]; Eub. 43; [[τίς]]… [[Χίμαιρα]] [[πύρπνοος]]; Anaxil. 22.3. [[τίς]] ἂν [[θεῶν]]… [[δοίη]]; like [[πῶς]] ἄν, [[would that some one]]…, S. ''OC'' 1100, cf. A. ''Ag.'' 1448 (lyr.). a question with [[τίς]] often amounts to a strong negation, τῶν δ' [[ἄλλων]] [[τίς]] [[κεν]] οὐνόματ' [[εἴποι]]; ''Il.'' 17.260; [[τίς]] ἂν [[ἐξεύροι]] ποτ' [[ἄμεινον]]; Ar. ''Pl.'' 498; τίνες ἂν [[δικαιότερον]]… [[μισοῖντο]]; Th. 3.64, etc. sometimes two questions are asked in one clause by different cases of [[τίς]]: ἡ [[τίσιν]] τί [[ἀποδιδοῦσα]] [[τέχνη]] [[δικαιοσύνη]] ἂν [[καλοῖτο]]; Pl. ''R.'' 332d; τί [[λαβόντα]] τί [[δεῖ]] [[ποιεῖν]] D. 4.36; — a like doubling of the question lies in the union of [[τίς]] with other interrog. words, [[τίς]] [[πόθεν]] εἰς (εἷς codd.) [[ἀνδρῶν]]; ''Od.'' 1.170, cf. S. ''Tr.'' 421. [[τίς]] with Particles; — [[τίς]] [[γάρ]]; [[why who? who possibly]]? [[τίς]] [[γάρ]] σε [[θεῶν]]… [[ἧκεν]]; ''Il.'' 18.182; v. infr. 8 f. [[τίς]] δέ; ὦ [[κοῦραι]], [[τίς]] δ' [[ὔμμιν]]… [[πωλεῖται]]; ''h.Ap.'' 169. [[τίς]] δή; [[who then]]? [[τίς]] δή [[κεν]] βροτὸς… ἅζοιτ' [[ἀθανάτους]] Thgn. 747; [[τίς]] [[δῆτα]]; S. ''Aj.'' 518. [[τίς]] [[ποτε]]; [[who in the world? who ever]]? [[τίς]] ποτ' ὢν γενεὰν καὶ [[ποίαν]] τινὰ [[φύσιν]] [[ἔχων]]; X. ''Cyr.'' 1.1.6, cf. S. ''El.'' 975; [[τίς]] [[δήποτε]]; Id. ''Fr.'' 106 (but [[τίς]] ἄν [[ποτε]] is prob. cj.). the usages of the neut. τί; are very various; τί; alone, as a simple question, [[what]]? τί [[γάρ]]; A. ''Th.'' 336 (lyr.); — on [[ὅτι]] τί; [[ὅτι]] τί δή; [[ὅτι]] δὴ τί; v. [[ὅτι]] B. 1b; on ὡς τί; v. ὡς F. 1. τί [[τοῦτο]]; τί ταῦτα; v. supr. 2. τί μοι; τί [[σοι]]; [[what]] is it to me? to thee? S. ''Ph.'' 753, etc.; c. gen., τί μοι [[ἔριδος]] καὶ [[ἀρωγῆς]]; [[what]] have I to do with… ? ''Il.'' 21.360; τί δέ [[σοι]] ταῦτα; Ar. ''Lys.'' 514, cf. Ec. 521 (where the answerer repeats the question in indirect form, ὅ τί μοι τοῦτ' [[ἔστιν]];)· ἀλλὰ δὴ τί τοῦτ' [[ἐμοί]]; Diph. 32.18; τί ἐμοὶ καὶ [[σοί]]; [[what]] have I to do with thee? LXX Jd. 11.12, Arr. ''Epict.'' 2.19.19, Ev. Jo. 2.4; τί σοὶ καὶ [[εἰρήνῃ]]; LXX 4Ki. 9.18, cf. Ho. 14.9; τί πρὸς σέ; M.Ant 8.44, cf. Ev. Matt. 27.4; σοὶ δὲ καὶ [[τούτοισι]] [[τοῖσι]] [[πρήγμασι]] τί [[ἐστι]]; [[what]] have you to do with these matters? Hdt. 5.33; τί τῷ [[νόμῳ]] καὶ τῇ [[βασάνῳ]]; D. 29.36; — folld. by a clause, τί δὲ [[τίν]], εἰ [[κωτίλαι]] [[εἰμές]]; Theoc. 15.89; or with ''inf.'', τί [[γάρ]] μοι τοὺς [[ἔξω]] [[κρίνειν]]; 1 Epic Cor. 5.12; — v. [[εἰμί]] c. III. 2. τί [[μαθών]]; τί [[παθών]]; v. [[μανθάνω]] v, [[πάσχω]] III. 4. τί; also often stands abs. as Adv. [[how? why? wherefore]]? ''Il.'' 1.362, etc.; so too in ''Attic'', Pl. ''Cri.'' 43c, etc.; [[δόμων]] γὰρ [[ζῶσι]] [[τῶνδε]] [[δεσπόται]]. Answ. τί [[ζῶσιν]]; [[how do you mean]] [[ζῶσι]]̣ [[ζῶσι]] [[forsooth]]! E. ''Alc.'' 806; Κιθαιρὼν --Answ. τί [[Κιθαιρών]]; [[what about]] K. ? Id. ''Ba.'' 1177 codd., cf. 1182 (both lyr.); cf. [[τίη]]. τί with Particles; -τί [[γάρ]]; [[why not? how else]]? and so it came to mean [[of course]], [[no doubt]], A. ''Ag.'' 1239, ''Ch.'' 880, ''Eu.'' 678, etc.; used in affirmative answers, Pl. ''Phdr.'' 258d, ''Tht.'' 209b, al.; to introduce an argument, Arist. ''Pol.'' 1281a14; v. [[γάρ]] 1.4; — τί [[δαί]]; v. [[δαί]]; — τί δέ; serving to pass on quickly to a fresh point, Pl. ''Hp. Ma.'' 288c, al.; τί δέ, εἰ…; but [[what]], if… ? E. ''Hel.'' 1043; τί δ' ἄν, εἰ…; Ar. ''Th.'' 773; τί δ' ἢν…; Id. ''Nu.'' 1444; τί δέ, εἰ μὴ…; [[what]] else but… ? X. ''Oec.'' 9.1, cf. S. ''OT'' 941, ''Ph.'' 421; so τί δὲ δή; τί δή; τί δή [[ποτε]]; [[why ever? why in the world? what do you mean]]? Pl. ''R.'' 470e, ''Grg.'' 469a, ''Sph.'' 241d, S. ''El.'' 1184; — so also τί [[δῆτα]]; [[how]], [[pray]]? τί δῆτ' ἄν, εἰ…; Ar. ''Nu.'' 154; — (τί μή; [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in S. ''Aj.'' 668); — τί [[μήν]]; i.e. [[yes certainly]], much like τί [[γάρ]]; Pl. ''Tht.'' 162e, etc., prob. in S. ''Aj.'' 668; — τί μὴν οὔ; in reply to a question, Id. ''El.'' 1280 (lyr.); — τί νυ; [[why]] now? ''Il.'' 1.414, etc.; — τί δ' οὔ; parenthetic, [[why not]]? as an affirmative answer, S. ''Ant.'' 460; τί οὐ [[καλοῦμεν]]; i.e. let us call, Ar. ''Lys.'' 1103; τί οὐ [[βαδίζομεν]]; etc., Pl. ''Prt.'' 310e, etc.; — τί [[οὖν]]; [[how so]]? making an objection, A. ''Th.'' 208; but τί [[οὖν]] ἔτ' ἂν [[σαίνοιμεν]]… [[μόρον]]; ''ib.'' 704; τί [[οὖν]] [[οὐκ]] [[ἐρωτᾷς]]; Pl. ''Ly.'' 211d; — τί [[ποτε]]; v. [[τίπτε]]; with Conjunctions following; — τί [[ὅτι]]…; [[why]] is it that… ? Stratt. 62 ([[falsa lectio|f.l.]]), LXX Ge. 3.1, Ev. Luc. 2.49, etc.; — with Conjunctions preceding, [[ἵνα]] τί; v. [[ἵνα]] B. II. 3 c. with Preps.; — διὰ τί; [[wherefore]]? Ar. ''Pl.'' 1111, etc.; — ἐκ [[τίνος]]; from [[what]] cause? X. ''An.'' 5.8.4; — ἐς τί; to [[what]] point? how long? ''Il.'' 5.465; but also, to [[what]] end? S. ''Tr.'' 403, cf. ''OC'' 524 (lyr.); — κατὰ τί; for [[what]] purpose? Ar. ''Nu.'' 239; — πρὸς τί; [[wherefore]]? S. ''OT'' 766, 1027, etc.<br><b class="num"></b>[[τίς]] is sometimes used for [[ὅστις]] in indirect questions, [[εἰρώτα]] δὴ [[ἔπειτα]] [[τίς]] [[εἴη]] καὶ [[πόθεν]] [[ἔλθοι]] ''Od.'' 15.423, cf. 17.368; [[δεῖξον]] [[τίς]] [[ἔσται]] τῇ [[ταλαιπώρῳ]] [[χρόνος]] A. ''Pr.'' 623; οὐδ' [[ἔχω]] [[τίς]] ἂν [[γενοίμαν]] ''ib.'' 905 (lyr.); [[οὐκ]] [[ἔχω]] τί φῶ Id. ''Ch.'' 91, cf. S. ''OC'' 48, etc.; [[ἐπισκεψώμεθα]] τίνες [[πέπανται]] [[σφενδόνας]] X. ''An.'' 3.3.18; εἰπὲ [[τίνα]] [[γνώμην]] [[ἔχεις]] ''ib.'' 2.2.10; freq. in later Gr., where [[ὅστις]] is very rare, εἰς τὸ [[λογιστήριον]] [[γράφων]]… τί [[ὀφείλεται]] PHib. 1.29.42 (iii BC), cf. PCair. Zen. 21.40, al. (iii BC); οὐθεὶς [[ἐσήμηνεν]] παρὰ τί ἂν τοῖς [[προστεταγμένοις]]… οὐ [[κατηκολούθησαν]] nobody indicated [[why]] they should not have obeyed orders, PTeb. 72.160, cf. 61 (b).227 (ii BC); [[ὅστις]] and [[τίς]] are sometimes combined, ὡς πύθοιθ' ὅ τι [[δρῶν]] ἢ τί [[φωνῶν]] [[ῥυσαίμην]] S. ''OT'' 71, cf. A. ''Pr.'' 489 sq., 617, 623; — later with ''inf.'', τί [[πράττειν]] [[οὐκ]] [[ἔχω]] I do not know [[what]] to do, Aesop. 67, cf. Ps.-Luc. ''Philopatr.'' 29. sometimes not in indirect questions, [[whoever]], [[whatever]], [[αἰτοῦ]] τί [[χρῄζεις]] ἕν E. ''Fr.'' 773.2; ταῦτα [[οὐκ]] ἀπέστελλον [[πάντα]], ἀλλ' ἐκλεγόμενοι τίνων αἱ τιμαὶ ἐπετέταντο [[whatever]] things had risen in price, D. 56.24; [[τίνα]] δ' [[ἁΚύπρις]] [[οὐκ]] [[ἐφίλησεν]] [[whomsoever]] K. has not loved, ''AP'' 5.169 (Nossis); [[τίνι]] ἡ [[τύχη]] [[δίδωσι]], [[λαβέτω]] Antiochus ap. Ptol.Euerg. 3 J.; [[λαμβανέτω]] τί [[θέλει]] ''AP'' 12.219 (Strat.); τὰν [[ὀνάλαν]] [[κίς]] κε [[γινύειτει]] IG 9(2).517.22 (Larissa, iii BC); καὶ τί ἂν εἶ (= ᾖ) [[λοιπόν]] ''ib.'' 5(1).1390.50 (Andania, i BC, [[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[καἴ]] τι ἂν, v. supr. A. III. 2e); [[τίς]] ἂν δὲ [[χεῖρα]] [[προσαγάγῃ]] ''Epigr.Gr.'' 376a (Aezani); [[τίς]] [[σοφός]], [[αὐτῷ]] [[προσκολλήθητι]] LXX Si. 6.34; οὐ τί ἐγὼ [[θίλω]], ἀλλὰ τί σύ Ev. Marc. 14.36; [[τίς]] [[σοφίῃ]] [[πάντων]] [[πρῶτος]], [[τούτου]] τρίποδ' [[αὐδῶ]] Orac. ap. DS. 9.3 et ap. DL. 1.28 codd. (ὃς Cobet from Sch. Ar. ''Pl.'' 9); [[χαῖρε]] καὶ σύ, [[τίς]] ποτ' εἶ IG 9(2).953 (Larissa), cf. CIG 1982 (Thessalonica); in other places, as S. ''El.'' 1176, ''Tr.'' 339, ''OT'' 1144, E. ''Ion'' 324, this constr. cannot be admitted. [[τίς]] = [[ὅστις]] after a neg., μή [[τίς]] [[ἐστιν]] ἐν [[ὑμῖν]] ἀνὴρ ἢ γυνὴ…, [[τίνος]] ἡ [[διάνοια]] [[ἐξέκλινεν]] [[κτλ]].; LXX De. 29.18. = [[ὅς]] or [[ὅσπερ]], [[τέων]]… Ζεὺς ἐπὶ [[σαλπίγγων]] ἱρὰ [[βοῇ]] [[δέχεται]] [[Κᾶρες]] [[ὁμοῦ]] [[Λελέγεσσι]] Call. ''Aet.'' 3.1.60, cf. Del. 185, ''Epigr.'' 30.2, Nic. ''Al.'' 2; [[Δωροθέαν]], [[τίς]] τὸν ἐμὸν [[ἄνδρα]] [[εἶχε]] ''Tab. Defix. Aud.'' 10.4 (Cnidus, ii/i BC), cf. 5.2, 8; [[τίνας]] [[ἱερεωσύνας]] [[εἶχον]] [[ἐπενεγύων]] SIG 705.43, cf. 56 (Senatus consultum, Delph., ii BC); [[τίνα]] με [[ὑπονοεῖτε]] [[εἶναι]], [[οὐκ]] εἰμὶ [[ἐγώ]] Act. Ap. 13.25; [[τίς]] [[ἔζησεν]] [[ἔτη]] β' [[who]] lived…, IG 14.1560 (Rome), cf. 1391 (ibid.); [[εὗρον]] [[γεωργόν]], [[τίς]] αὐτὰ [[ἑλκύσῃ]] BGU 822.5 (ii/iii AD).<br><b class="num"></b>[[τίς]]; τί; in direct or indirect questions may be construed with a ''part.'', σὺ δὲ [[τίς]] ὢν ταῦτα [[λέγεις]]; being [[who]], i.e. who are you that… ? Pl. ''Grg.'' 452a; [[ἐπειρέσθαι]]… τίνες [[ἐόντες]] [[ἄνθρωποι]]… ταῦτα [[προαγορεύουσι]] Hdt. 1.153; [[καταμεμάθηκας]]… τοὺς τί [[ποιοῦντας]] τὸ [[ὄνομα]] [[τοῦτο]] [[ἀποκαλοῦσι]]; X. ''Mem.'' 2.2.1; or in a subordinate clause, ἀλλ' [[ὅταν]] τί [[ποιήσωσι]], [[νομιεῖς]] αὐτοὺς [[σοῦ]] [[φροντίζειν]]; ''ib.'' 1.4.14; [[νῦν]] δ' ἐπειδὴ [[τίνος]] [[τέχνης]] [[ἐπιστήμων]] [[ἐστί]], [[τίνα]] ἂν [[καλοῦντες]] αὐτὸν [[ὀρθῶς]] [[καλοῖμεν]]; Pl. ''Grg.'' 448c. = [[πότερος]]; X. ''Cyr.'' 1.3.17, Pl. ''Phlb.'' 52d, Ev. Matt. 27.21, Ev. Luc. 5.23. τί as exclamatory Adv., [[how]]… ! τί [[ὡραιώθησαν]] [[σιαγόνες]] [[σου]] ὡς [[τρυγόνες]] LXX Ca. 1.10, cf. 4.10; τί [[θέλω]] [[how]] I wish! Ev. Luc. 12.49; τί [[στενή]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Ev. Matt. 7.14.<br><b class="num">C.<b class="num"> Prosody: τις and [[τίς]] keep ῐ in all cases (digamma operates in ''Il.'' 6.462, etc.).<br><b class="num">II.</b> τί was never elided; but hiatus is allowed after τί in Epic τί ἢ (v. [[τίη]]), also in Com., as τί οὐ; Ar. ''Av.'' 149; τί [[οὖν]]; Id. ''Pl.'' 94; τί [[ἔστι]]; Id. ''Nu.'' 82, ''Av.'' 1036; τί, ὦ [[πάτερ]]; Id. ''Nu.'' 80; — a licence which is rarer in Trag., τί [[ἔστιν]]; S. ''Ph.'' 733; τί [[οὖν]]; A. ''Th.'' 208, 704, ''Eu.'' 902, S. ''Aj.'' 873 (lyr.), ''Ph.'' 100, etc.; τί [[εἶπας]]; Id. ''Tr.'' 1203, ''Ph.'' 917.