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|txtha=neuter τὶ, genitive τίνος, indefinite (enclitic) pronoun (bearing the same relation to the interrogative τίς that ποῦ, πῶς, πότε do to the interrogatives ποῦ, πῶς, πότε);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> a certain, a certain one; used of persons and things concerning which the writer either cannot or will not speak more particularly;<br /><b class="num">a.</b> joined to nouns substantive, as well as to adjectives and to numerals used substantively; as, Σαμαρείτης τίς, ἱερεύς, ἀνήρ, ἄνθρωπος, τόπος, κώμη, τάς Σίμων), δύο τινες with a partitive genitive, ἕτερος, ἀπαρχήν τινα, a kind of firstfuits, Winer's Grammar, § 25,2 a; joined to adjectives of quality and quantity, it requires us to conceive of their degree as the greatest possible; as, φοβερά τίς ἐκδοχή, a certain fearful expectation, δεινή τίς δύναμις, Xenophon, mem. 1,3, 12; other examples from the Greek writings are given in Winer s Grammar, § 25,2c.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. II:8); Matthiae, § 487,4; (Bernhardy (1829), p. 442); incredibilis quidam amor, Cicero, pro Lig c. 2,5); μέγας τίς, τίς one, a certain one, WH in marginal reading only); τινες, certain, some: τινες ἐν ὑμῖν, some among you, τινες οἱ etc., τίς and τινες with a partitive genitive: some: χρόνον τινα, some time, a while, ἡμέραι τινες, some (or certain) days, μέρος τί, WH marginal reading brackets τί); τί βρώσιμον, βραχύ τί, L T Tr WH omit τί); περισσότερον τί, μικρόν τί, κοινωνία τίς, a certain contribution, καρπός, χάρισμα, ibid. 11. with a participle, ἀθετήσας τάς, if anyone has set at nought, someone, something; anyone, anything: universally, τίς ἐξ ὑμῶν, ἐξ ὑμῶν τίς, τί with a partitive genitive, εἰς τίς, see εἷς, 3, p. 187a. it answers not infrequently to the indefinite one (German man, French on): R G T Tr (cf. Winer s Grammar, 169 (160); R. V. marginal reading which be the rudiments etc.; cf.<br /><b class="num">c.</b> below)) incorrectly read τινα (yet cf. Buttmann, 268 (230) note, cf. 260 (223) note)), etc.; cf. Matthiae, § 487,2. εἰ τίς, see εἰ, III:16; ἐάν τίς, τίνος, etc.: Tdf. ἄν); ἄν τινων, ἐάν); ἐάν μή τίς, οὐ ... τίς, not ... anyone, i. e. no one, οὔτε ... τίς, οὐδέ ... τίς, οὐκ ... ὑπό τίνος, μή τίς, lest any (man), hath any (one), μήτις, 2); μή τινα, πρός τό μή ... τινα, ὥστε ... μή τινα, aliquis, it is used with the verb εἶναι emphatically: to be somebody, i. e. somebody of importance, some eminent personage (Winer s Grammar, § 25,2c.; Buttmann, § 127,16), Passow, under the word, B. II:2d.; (Liddell and Scott, ibid. A. II:5); on the phrase τί εἶναι see e. β. below). Plural, τινες, some (of that number or class of men indicated by the context): τινες are distinguished from οἱ πάντες, τινες with an anarthrous participle, ταῦτα τινες ἦτε, such (of this sort) were some of you, οὗτος, I:2d.); τινες with a partitive genitive, ἐκ and a partitive genitive, τινες by meiosis in reference to many, when he would mention something censurable respecting them in a mild way: τίς, τινες, or the object τινα, τινας, is not added to the verb, but is left to be understood by the reader (cf. Buttmann, § 132,6; (Winer's Grammar, §§ 58,2; 64,4)): before the partitive genitive ἀπό, ἐκ, T Tr WH (cf. R. V. marginal reading); L T Tr WH (cf. R. V. marginal reading)); 2 John 4; Winer's Grammar, § 58,9b. β.; Buttmann, § 129,19): φησί, R G T Tr text WH text; ὅταν λαλῇ τό ψεῦδος, R. V. margin); of an infinitive: οὐ χρείαν ἔχετε γράφειν ὑμῖν, R G T Tr text WH; χρείαν ἔχετε τοῦ διδάσκειν ὑμᾶς, τινα etc. R G T Tr (but see 2b. above). as object: δός μοι πιεῖν, Krüger, § 55,3, 21.)<br /><b class="num">d.</b> It stands in partitions: τίς ... ἕτερος δέ, one ... and another, τινες (μέν) ... τινες (δέ), Passow, under the word, B. II:2e.; (Liddell and Scott, ibid. A. II:11. c.).<br /><b class="num">e.</b> Besides what has been already adduced, the following should be noticed respecting the use of the neuter τί; α. universally, anything, something: οὐδέ ... τί, neither ... anything, β. like the Latin aliquid it is used emphatically, equivalent to something of consequence, something extraordinary (cf.<br /><b class="num">b.</b> above): in the phrase εἶναι τί, Passow, under the word, B. II:2d.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. II:5); and on the Latin aliquid esse see Klotz, Handwörterb. d. Latin Spr. 1:298b; (Harpers' Dictionary, under the word aliquis, II. C. 1) (on the other hand, in τί εἶναι means to be anything, actually to exist); εἰδέναι (L T Tr WH ἐγνωκέναι) τί, i. e. much, τίς ἀνήρ, τίς μαθητής, τινας ἑτέρους, τί ἀγαθόν, ἱερεύς τίς, ἀνήρ τίς, Τίνες, used substantively, is found at the beginning of a sentence in Winer's Grammar, § 25,2Note, and 559 (520). The particle δέ may stand between it and its substantive (as Σαμαρείτης δέ τίς), as in Hebrews 10:27.