διότι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Conj. for <b class="b3">διὰ τοῦτο ὅτι</b>… (cf. <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Conj.</span>242.1</span>), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[because]], [[for the reason that]], [[since]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.44</span>, <span class="bibl">3.55</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.52</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>17.4</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲ δι' ἓν ἄλλο ἢ διότι</b>… <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>100c</span>; answering to διὰ τί; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>310d</span>, <span class="bibl">Amphis 14.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Timocl.2.4</span> D., etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> indirect, [[wherefore]], [[for what reason]], <b class="b3">φράσω διότι</b>… <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.24</span>; <b class="b3">σκοπεῖν διότι</b>… <span class="bibl">Th.1.77</span>; <b class="b3">ἐρωτᾶν διότι</b>… <span class="bibl">Henioch.4.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[ὅτι]], [[that]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.43</span>, <span class="bibl">50</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.48</span>, <span class="bibl">D.12.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.3.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1062a6</span>, al., Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.84 W.; τὸ δ. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">APr.</span>53b9</span>: followed by inf., <span class="bibl">Plb.31.12.4</span>, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">D.S.4.76</span>.</span>