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|Definition=τι, Indef. Pron.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[any one]], [[any thing]], enclitic through all cases (for exceptions v. infr.):—but [[τίς]]; τί; Interrog. Pron. [[who]]? [[what]]?, oxyt. in the monosyll. cases, parox. in the others:—Dialectal forms: Cypr. [[σις]] ([[si se]]) ''Inscr.Cypr.''135.10 H.; Arc. [[σις]] (with † for ς) ''IG''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 [[διεκί]], [[ποκκί]] ([[quod vide|qq.v.]]); neut. pl. Dor. [[σά]], Boeot. [[τά]], Aeol. dat. [[τίω]], [[τίοισι]] (v. infr. B). (I.-E. qu̯i-, cf. Lat. [[quis]], [[quid]], etc.; for [[σά]], τά, v. [[ἄσσα]], σά μάν; with [[τέο]] (v. infr. B) cf. OSlav. gen. c†eso.)<br><span class="bld">A</span> Indef. Pron. τις, τι, gen. Ion. [[τεο]] Od.16.305, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.58; more freq. τευ Il.2.388, al., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.30, al., Meliss.7, etc.; Trag. and Att. [[του]] [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''21, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''329, Th.1.70, etc. (sts. fem., [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''290, ''OT''1107 (lyr.), E.''Hec.''370, etc.); του is rare after 300 B.C., never in [[LXX]] or [[NT]], but found in ''IG''12(5).798.17 (Tenos, iii B.C.), ''PCair.Zen.''250.6, 647.23 (iii B.C.), Plb.3.23.3, revived by the Atticists, D.H.8.29, Plu.''Fab.''20, etc.; τινος Pi.''P.''2.90, ''IG''12.16.17, 65.41, A.''Eu.'' 5, ''Ch.''102, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Antigone|Ant.]]''698, al., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.109, al. (''Rh.Mus.''72.483), etc.; dat. Ion. [[τεῳ]] Il.16.227, Od.11.502, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.48, 5.86; Trag. and Att. [[τῳ]] (also in Hom., Il.1.299, 12.328, Od.13.308, 20.297, al., always in masc.) A.''Th.''1045, ''IG''12.39.54, [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]18.45; as fem., A.''Th.''472, S. ''OT''80, etc.; τινι (Hom. in the form οὔ τινι Il.17.68, Od.14.96) Pi. ''O.''9.26, al., B.17.12, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.114 (elsewhere fem., 2.62, 3.69, 83, 4.113), A.''Th.''1041, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''443, 495, etc.; acc. τινα Il.1.62, 5.761, etc., neut. τι 2.122, etc.: dual τινε Od.4.26, Pl.''Sph.''237d, ''Prm.''143c, 149e: pl. τινες (Hom. only in οὔ τινες Od.6.279, 17.587 and [[οἵτινες]] (v. [[ὅστις]])); Dor. [[τινεν]] ''SIG''527.127 (Drerus, iii B.C.); nom. and acc. neut. τινα (ὅτινα Il.22.450), never in Trag., Ar., Th., or [[Herodotus|Hdt.]], [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Isoc.4.74, first in Pl.''Chrm.''163d, ''Ep.''325a, D.47.63, Hyp.''Ath.''19, Alex.110, Sotad.Com.1.22, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1094a5, ''IG''42(1).121.35 (Epid., iv B.C.), etc.; [[ἄσσα]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]) Od.19.218, never in Trag. or [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]; Att. [[ἄττα]] first in Th.1.113, 2.100, Ar.''Ra.''173, al., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 400a, etc., never in LXX, Plb., [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]], Str., revived by the Atticists, [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''3, etc.; gen. Ion. [[τεων]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.175, 5.57, [[τεῶν]] cj. for <b class="b3">γε ῶν</b> in 4.76; τινων not in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]], first in [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''977 (lyr.); dat. τισι<b class="b3">, τισιν</b>, first in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 9.113, X.''Ath.''1.18; N.-W. Dor. [[τινοις]] ''GDI''1409.5 (Delph., iii B.C.); Ion. [[τεοισι]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.113, 9.27 (for τεοις and τεον v. [[τεός]]); acc. τινας Il.15.735, Od.11.371 (also in [[οὕστινας]], [[ὅτινας]], v. [[ὅστις]]), etc.; neut. τινα (v. supr.):—[[anyone]], [[anything]], [[someone]], [[something]], [[any one]], [[any thing]], [[some one]], [[some thing]]; and as adjective [[any]], [[some]], and serving as the Indef. Art. a, [[an]]; θεός νύ τίς ἐστι κοτήεις Il.5.191; καί τις θεὸς ἡγεμόνευεν Od.9.142; <b class="b3">οὐδέ τις αὐτὸν ἠείδη δμώων</b> ib.205; <b class="b3">ἤ τι ὀϊσάμενος, ἢ..</b>ib.339; <b class="b3">μή τίς μοι ὑποδείσας ἀναδύη</b> ib.377, cf. 405-410; <b class="b3">εἴ τινά που μετ' ὄεσσι λάβοι</b> ib. 418, cf. 421, al.; <b class="b3">τις θεός</b> construed as if <b class="b3">τις θεῶν</b>, 19.40, cf. 11.502, ''IG''12.94.19, E.''Hel.''1039.<br><span class="bld">II</span> special usages:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[some one]] (of many), i.e. [[many a one]], ὧδε δέ τις εἴπεσκεν Il.7.201, etc.: sometimes with meiosis, implying [[all]] or [[men]], 13.638, Od.3.224; so in Prose, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.49 fin., Th.2.37, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[any one concerned]], [[every one]], εὖ μέν τις δόρυ θηξάσθω Il.2.382; <b class="b3">ἀλλά τις αὐτὸς ἴτω</b> let [[every man]] come himself, 17.254; ἵνα τις στυγέῃσι καὶ ἄλλος 8.515, cf. 16.209, 17.227, al.; so in Trag. and Att., even with the imper., <b class="b3">τοῦτό τις.. ἴστω</b> S ''Aj.''417 (lyr.), cf. E.''Ba.''346, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1187; ἀγορεύω τινὶ ἐμὲ μὴ βασανίζειν Id.''Ra.''628; <b class="b3">τοὺς ξυμμάχους αὐτόν τινα κολάζειν</b> that [[every man]] should himself chastise his own allies, Th.1.40, cf. 6.77; ὅ τί τις ἐδύνατο Id.7.75; <b class="b3">ἄμεινόν τινος</b> better than [[any others]], D.21.66, cf. 19.35:—this is more fully expressed by adding other pronominal words, τις ἕκαστος Od.9.65, Th.6.31, etc.; πᾶς τις [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]'' 1205, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.80, Th.8.94, etc.; ἅπας τις [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.113, etc.; οὐδέν τι μᾶλλον Id.4.118. 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>, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 965; <b class="b3">οἷς ἂν ἐπίω, ἧσσόν τις πρόσεισι</b>, for <b class="b3">ἧσσον προσίασι</b>, Th.4.85; ἐτόλμα τις... ὁρῶντες Id.2.53, cf. 7.75; esp. after [[εἴ]] or <b class="b3">ἤν τις</b>, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.2.62, al.<br><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) Id.''An.''1.4.12, cf. Ar.''Ra.''552, Theoc.5.122; so also euphemism for something bad, ἤν τι ποιῶμεν Th.2.74; ἂν οὗτός τι πάθῃ D.4.11: hence for the 1st or 2nd pers. Pron., ἅ τιν' οὐ πείσεσθαι ὀΐω Il.1.289, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Antigone|Ant.]]''751; <b class="b3">ποῖ τις τρέψεται</b>; for <b class="b3">ποῖ τρέψομαι</b>; Ar.''Th.''603, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''245 (lyr.), 1138, Th.4.59, X.''An.''3.4.40, 5.7.31, etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> indefinitely, where we say [[they]], French [[on]], sometimes with an ironical force, φοβεῖταί τις A.''Ch.''59 (lyr.); μισεῖ τις ἐκεῖνον D.4.8; as voc., <b class="b3">τὸν Πλοῦτον ἔξω τις κάλει</b> call P. out, [[somebody]], Ar.''Pl.''1196.<br><span class="bld">5</span> τις<b class="b3">, τι</b> may be opposed, expressly or by implication, to [[οὐδείς]], [[οὐδέν]], and mean [[somebody]], [[something]], by meiosis for [[some great one]], [[some great thing]], <b class="b3">ηὔχεις τις εἶναι</b> you boasted that you were [[somebody]], E.''El.''939; εἰσὶν ὅμως τινὲς οἱ εὐδοκιμοῦντες Arist.''Pol.''1293b13; τὸ δοκεῖν τιν' εἶναι Men.156; τὸ δοκεῖν τινὲς εἶναι D.21.213; ὡς σὲ μὲν ἐν τῇ πόλει δεῖ τινὰ φαίνεσθαι, τὴν πόλιν δ' ἐν τοῖς Ἕλλησι μηδενὸς ἀξίαν εἶναι Id.10.71; <b class="b3">κἠγών τις φαίνομαι ἦμεν</b> after all I too am [[somebody]], Theoc.11.79, cf. ''Act.Ap.''5.36; also in neut., οἴονταί τι εἶναι ὄντες οὐδενὸς ἄξιοι Pl.''Ap.''41e, cf.''Phd.''63c, ''Phdr.''243a, ''Euthd.''303c, etc.:—so <b class="b3">τι λέγειν</b> to be near the mark, opp. <b class="b3">οὐδὲν λέγειν</b>, Id.''Prt.''339c, ''R.''329e, ''Phdr.''260a, etc.; ἵνα καὶ εἰδῶμεν εἴ τι ὅδε λέγει Id.''Cra.''407e; οἴεσθέ τι ποιεῖν, οὐδὲν ποιοῦντες Id.''Smp.''173c.<br><span class="bld">b</span> τις is sometimes opp. [[to another word]], ἀελλοπόδων μέν τιν' εὐφραίνοισιν ἵππων τιμαί... τέρπεται δὲ καί τις.. Pi.''Fr.''221; τισὶ τῶν πολιτῶν ἀποροῦσι συνεξέδωκε θυγατέρας... τοὺς δ' ἐλύσατο ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων Lys.19.59; μέρος μέν τι σιδήρου, μέρος δέ τι ὀστράκινον [[LXX]] ''Da.''2.33 (more freq. with the Article, v. infr. 10 c); <b class="b3">ἔστιν οὖν οὐ πᾶν τὸ ταχύ, ἀλλά τι</b> (sic codd. BT) αὐτοῦ ἀγαστόν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''412c; ἀναγκαῖον ἤτοι πᾶσι τοῖς πολίταις ἀποδίδοσθαι πάσας ταύτας τὰς κρίσεις ἢ τισὶ πάσας.. ἢ τινὰς μὲν αὐτῶν πᾶσι τινὰς δὲ τισίν Arist.''Pol.''1298a9, cf. 1277a23; <b class="b3">τὸ μεῖζον τοῦθ' ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἑτέρου λέγεται· τινὸς γὰρ λέγεται μεῖζον</b> greater than [[something]], Id.''Cat.''6a38; τὸ πρώτως ὂν καὶ οὐ τὶ ὂν ἀλλ' ὂν ἁπλῶς Id.''Metaph.''1028a30; <b class="b3">πότερον τῷ τυχόντι ἢ τισίν</b>; Id.''Pol.''1269a26.<br><span class="bld">6</span> with pr. names τις commonly signifies [[one named]] so-and-so, ἦν δέ τις ἐν Τρώεσσι Δάρης Il.5.9, cf. X.''An.''3.1.4, etc.; with a sense of contempt, <b class="b3">Θερσίτης τις ἦν</b> there was [[one]] Thersites, S.''Ph.''442.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[one of the same sort]], converting the pr. name into an appellative, <b class="b3">ἤ τις Ἀπόλλων ἢ Πάν</b> [[an]] Apollo or a Pan, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''55 (anap.); [πόλιες] ταὶ μέλονται πρός τινος ἢ Διὸς ἢ γλαυκᾶς Ἀθάνας Lyr.in ''PVat.''11v xi7; Σκύλλαν τινά [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''1233, cf.Ar.''V.''181, ''Av.''512, ''Ra.''912: so also ὥς τις ἥλιος [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''288; [[ἰσθμόν]] τιν' Ar. ''Th.''647.<br><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> a bold and impudent beggar, Od.17.449, cf. 18.382, 20.140, Il.3.220; <b class="b3">ἐγώ τις, ὡς ἔοικε, δυσμαθής</b> a dull[[ard]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 358a, cf. ''Prt.''340e; <b class="b3">φόβου πλέα τις εἶ</b> a [[coward]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''696, cf. ''Th.''979(lyr.), ''Ag.''1140 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὡς ταχεῖά τις.. χάρις διαρρεῖ</b> in what [[swift]] [[fashion]] (= [[ταχέως πως]]), [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1266, cf. ''OT''618, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.198; <b class="b3">δεινόν τι ποιεύμενος</b> thinking it a terrible [[thing]], Id.3.155, 5.33.<br><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> [[some]] one man, Il.1.144; ἕνα τιν' ἂν καθεῖσεν Ar.''Ra.''911; δώσει δέ τι ἕν γε φέρεσθαι Od.15.83; τινὰ μίαν νύκτα Th.6.61; προσκαλεσάμενός τινας δύο τῶν ἑκατονταρχῶν ''Act.Ap.''23.23; sometimes the τις softens the definiteness of the numeral, <b class="b3">ἑπτά τινες</b> [[some]] [[seven]], seven [[or so]], Th.7.34; ἐς διακοσίους τινάς Id.3.111, cf. 7.87, 8.21; so without an actual numeral, <b class="b3">ἡμέρας τινάς</b> [[some]] days, i.e. [[several]], Id.3.52; <b class="b3">στρατῷ τινι</b> [[of a certain amount]], [[considerable]], Id.8.3; <b class="b3">ἐνιαυτόν τινα</b> a year [[or so]], Id.3.68; so <b class="b3">οὐ πολλοί τινες, τινὲς οὐ πολλοί</b>, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''510, Th. 6.94, etc.; <b class="b3">ὀλίγοι τινές</b> or τινὲς ὀλίγοι Id.2.17, 3.7; <b class="b3">οὔ τινα πολλὸν χρόνον</b> no [[very]] long time, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.48; τις στρατιὰ οὐ πολλή Th.6.61; so also <b class="b3">ὅσσος τις χρυσός</b> what a store of gold, Od.10.45, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.193, 2.18, etc.; κόσοι τινές Id.7.234; πηλίκαι τινὲς τιμωρίαι Isoc. 20.3; πολλὸς γάρ τις ἔκειτο Il.7.156; ἐκ πολλοῦ τευ χρόνου [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 2.58.<br><span class="bld">9</span> with Pronominal words, <b class="b3">ἀλλά τί μοι τόδε θυμὸς.. μερμηρίζει</b> [[something]], namely this, Od.20.38, cf. 380; <b class="b3">οἷός τις</b> what sort of a man, Il.5.638 (dub. l.), cf. Od.9.348, 20.377, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 313a, etc.; ποῖός τις [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Antigone|Ant.]]''42, ''OC''1163, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.34, X.''An.''7.6.24, etc.; ὁποῖός τις Id.''Cyr.''2.2.2, al.; εὐτυχίη τις τοιήδε [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.139, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.1.1, etc.; τοιοῦτός τις Id.''An.''5.8.7.<br><span class="bld">10</span> with the Article,<br><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, [[whoever he be]], is here, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''289; <b class="b3">τοὺς αὐτοέντας.. τιμωρεῖν τινας</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] τινα) Id.''OT''107.<br><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> the [[individual]] man ([[whoever]] he may be), [[this]] or [[that]] man, opp. [[ἄνθρωπος]] (man in general), <b class="b3">ὁ τὶς ἵππος, ἡ τὶς γραμματική</b>, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Categories|Cat.]]''1b4, 8; <b class="b3">τὸ τὶ μέγεθος</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ὅλως τὸ μέγεθος</b>, Id.''Pol.''1283a4, cf. S.E.''P.''2.223; but in ἑνὸς γὰρ τό γε τὶ φήσεις σημεῖον εἶναι Pl.''Sph.''237d, the Art. is used as in Il. cc. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] ὁ, ἡ, τό B.1.5: 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, ''PMag.Par.''1.236; <b class="b3">αἴρω σε, ἥ τις βοτάνη</b> ib.287; <b class="b3">εἰς τήν τινα κρείαν</b> (leg. [[χρείαν]]) ib.289.<br><span class="bld">c</span> freq. in opposed clauses, ὁ μέν τις... ὁ δὲ.. E.''Med.''1141, ''Hec.''624, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 99b, etc.; ὁ μέν τις... ἄλλος δὲ.. E.''IT''1407; ὁ μὲν... ὁ δέ τις.. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.4.15: pl., οἱ μέν τινες... οἱ δὲ.. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.127, cf. Th.2.91; οἱ μέν τινες... οἱ δὲ... οἱ δέ τινες [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.2.10, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ μὲν... οἱ δέ τινες..</b>ib.6.1.26, etc.: also combined with other alternative words, ὁ μέν τις... ὁ δέ τις... ἕτερος δέ τις.. Id.''Smp.''2.6; <b class="b3">ὁ μὲν... ἕτερος δέ τις... ὁ δὲ..</b>, etc., Ar. ''Pl.''162 sq.: also in neut., τὸ μέν τι... τὸ δέ τι.. Pl.''Ep.''358a; τὸ μέν τι... τὸ δὲ.. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.40; in adverb. sense, <b class="b3">τὸ μὲν... τὸ δέ τι..</b> [[partly]]... [[partly]].., Plb.1.73.4; and τι remains unaltered even when the Art. is pl., τὰ μέν τι μαχόμενοι, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἀναπαυόμενοι X.''An.''4.1.14, cf. ''HG''7.1.46; also <b class="b3">τὸ δέ τι..</b>but [[in some]] measure... without <b class="b3">τὸ μέν</b> preceding, Th.1.107, cf. 118, 7.48.<br><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 [[such]] and [[such]] things, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''937.22 (iii A.D.); <b class="b3">κληρονόμους καταλείπω τὴν θυγατέρα μού τινα καὶ τὸν σύντροφον αὐτῆς τινα καί τινα</b> ib.1034.2 (ii A.D.); <b class="b3">τίς τινι χαίρειν</b> ''A'' to ''B'' greeting (in a draft letter), ib.509 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> the neut. τι is used,<br><span class="bld">a</span> collectively, <b class="b3">ἦν τι καὶ ἐν ταῖς Συρακούσαις</b> there was a [[party]].., Th.7.48; so perhaps <b class="b3">τῶν ἄλλων οὔ πέρ τι πεφυγμένον ἐστ' Ἀφροδίτην, οὔτε θεῶν, οὔτ' ἀνθρώπων</b> no [[class]], h.Ven.34 (but masc. τις in ''h.Merc.'' 143).<br><span class="bld">b</span> euphemism for something bad, v. supr. 3.<br><span class="bld">c</span> joined with Verbs, [[somewhat]], [[in any degree]], [[at all]], ἦ ῥά τί μοι κεχολώσεαι Il.5.421; παρεθάρρυνέ τι αὐτούς X.''HG''6.4.7, etc.: with Adjs. or Adverbs, <b class="b3">οὕτω δή τι ἰσχυραί, οὕτω δή τι πολύγονον</b>, etc., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.12, 108, cf. 4.52; so also [[ὀλίγον]] τι ἧσσον Od.15.365; οὐδέ τι μᾶλλον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.123, etc.; ἧσσόν τι Th.3.75, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐ πάνυ τι, πολύ τι, σχεδόν τι</b>, v. [[πάνυ]] 1.3, πολύς 111.1a, 2a, [[σχεδόν]] IV; also in conjunction with οὐδέν, μηδέν, οὐδέν τι πάντως [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.3; <b class="b3">οὐδέν, μηδέν τι μᾶλλον</b>, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''522, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''280; μηδέν τι λίαν [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''1234:—also <b class="b3">καί τι καὶ.. ὑποψίᾳ</b> [[in part]] also from suspicion, Th.1.107; καί πού τι καί Pi.''O.''1.28.<br><span class="bld">12</span> <b class="b3">τίς τε</b> freq. in Hom., ὡς ὅτε τίς τε Il.3.33, 4.141, v. [[τε]] B.<br><span class="bld">13</span> <b class="b3">ἤ τις ἢ οὐδείς</b> [[few]] or none, [[next to none]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.140, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.45, D.C.47.5, 48.4; <b class="b3">ἤ τι ἢ οὐδέν</b> [[little]] or nothing, Pl.''Ap.''17b; ἢ οὐδεὶς ἤ τις D.C.41.62 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]).<br><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. 11c.<br><span class="bld">b</span> repeated in successive clauses, ὅσα λέγει τις ἢ πράσσειτις ἢψέγειν ἔχει [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Antigone|Ant.]]''689; εἴ τις δύο ἢ καὶ πλέους τις ἡμέρας λογίζεται Id.''Tr.''944 (where however <b class="b3">κἄτι πλείους</b> is prob. cj.), cf. [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1218 (whereas τις is sometimes omitted in the first clause, οὔτε φωνὴν οὔτε του μορφὴν βροτῶν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''21, cf. S.''Tr.''3): but in [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]'' 734, <b class="b3">ἔστι γάρ τις οὐ πρόσω.. πόλις τις</b>, the repetition is pleonastic, as also in A.''Supp.''57 sq. (lyr., [[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]).<br><span class="bld">15</span> τις is sometimes omitted, <b class="b3">οὐδέ κεν ἔνθα τεόν γε μένος καὶ χεῖρας ὄνοιτο</b> (''[[sc.]] '' τις) Il.13.287; <b class="b3">ὡς δ' ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται</b> (''[[sc.]] '' τις) φεύγοντα διώκειν 22.199, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1226 (lyr.), ''Leg.Gort.''2.2, X.''Smp.''5.2, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 456d: τις must often be supplied from what goes before, ib.478c, ''Prt.''319d.<br><span class="bld">b</span> sometimes also [[τις]] is omitted before a gen. case which must depend upon it, as ἢ [τις] τᾶς ἀσώτου Σισυφιδᾶν γενεᾶς [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''189 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἢν γαμῇ ποτ' αὐτὸς ἢ [τις]</b> τῶν ξυγγενῶν Ar.''Nu.''1128; ἐν τῶν πόλεων ''IG''12.56.14.—Cf. <b class="b3">ὅστις, οὔτις, μήτις, ἄλλο τι</b>.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Accentuation and position of τις:<br><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. Choerob. ''in Theod.''1.373 H.) and barytone when followed by another word ([[τὶς]] or τις<b class="b3">, τινὰ, τινὲς, τινῶν</b>, etc.). According to Sch. D.T.p.240 H. its orthotone accent is [[τίς]] (not [[τὶς]]) <b class="b3">, τίνα, τίνες</b>, etc. The orthotone form is used in codd.:<br><span class="bld">a</span> at the beginning of a sentence, <b class="b3">τίς ἔνδον..</b>; is [[any one]] within? A.''Ch.''654 ([[τὶς]] cj. Hermann); <b class="b3">τί φημι</b>; = [[λέγω τι]]; am I saying [[anything]]? S.''Tr.''865, ''OT''1471; τίς ἦλθε; ἦλθέ τις has [[anybody]] [[come]]? ''[[somebody|Somebody]]'' has come, Sch.D.T. [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">τὶς κάθηται, τὶς περιπατεῖ</b>, [[so and so]] is sitting (walking), S.E.''M.''8.97; <b class="b3">τὶς αἰπόλος καλούμενος Κομάτας</b> Sch.Theoc.7.78; τίς ποτε οἰκοδεσπότης.. ἐκοπία Aesop. in ''Glossaria'' iii p.41; or after a pause, πῶς γὰρ ἄν, ἔφην ἐγώ, ὦ βέλτιστε, τὶς ἀποκρίναιτο [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 337e; <b class="b3">τι οὖν</b> (τὶς ἂν εἴποι) <b class="b3"> ταῦτα λέγεις</b>; D.1.14 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]); ἔντοσθεν δὲ γυνά, τι θεῶν δαίδαλμα Theoc.1.32; οὐ γυμνὸν τὸ [[φίλαμα]], τι δ' ὦ ξένε καὶ πλέον ἑξεῖς Mosch.1.5 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[τὺ]]).<br><span class="bld">b</span> when τις is opp. to another τις or to some other word, τισὶ μὲν συμφέρει, τισὶ δ' οὐ συμφέρει Arist.''Pol.''1284b40, cf. Th.2.92, Pl.''Cri.''49a, D. 9.2; τινὲς μὲν οὖν... ἡμεῖς δὲ.. Sor.1.1; τὸ τὶ μὲν ψεῦδος ἔχον, τὶ δὲ ἀληθές S.E.''M.''8.127; ἀλλὰ τινὰ μὲν... τινὰ δὲ.. Gem.14.6; ποτὲ μὲν πρὸς πάντα, ποτὲ δὲ πρὸς τινά Sor.1.48: without such opposition, <b class="b3">τοῦτ' εἰς ἀνίαν τοὔπος ἔρχεται τινί</b> for a [[certain]] [[person]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1138. Codd. are not consistent; in signf.11.5a, 10c, 13 they make it enclitic; in signf. 11.5b sometimes enclitic, sometimes orthotone (v. supr.); sometimes enclitic and orthotone in the same sentence, πάντα δὲ τὰ γιγνόμενα ὑπό τέ τινος γίγνεται καὶ ἔκ τινος καὶ τί [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1032a14, cf. Pl.''Chrm.''165c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> position:<br><span class="bld">a</span> τις is rarely first word in the sentence, and rarely follows a pause (v. supr. 111.1a, b); it may stand second word, ἔσκε τις ἐνθάδε μάντις ἀνήρ Od.9.508, cf. Il.8.515, 23.331; 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 1.62; φυλακὴ δέ τις ἔμπεδος ἔστω 8.521.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in Ion. Prose it sometimes stands between its genitive and the Article of that genitive, τῶν τις Περσέων [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.85; τῶν τις ἱρέων Id.2.38; τῶν τινες Φοινίκων Id.8.90; ἐς τῶν τι ἄλλο στομάτων τοῦ Νείλου Id.2.179; so also in late Prose, Ath.3.108d, Eust.1402.18, 1659.27, 1676.1.<br><span class="bld">c</span> it stands between the Art. and Subst. in signf.11.10b.<br><span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b3">τίς τι</b> is the correct order, not <b class="b3">τί τις</b>, ''IG''12.110.46, Th.7.10, X.''An.''4.1.14 (codd. dett.), D.22.22, etc.<br><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>, ''Leg.Gort.''9.43, al., ''Tab.Heracl.''1.105, al. (but αἴ κά τις Epich.35, 159; αἰ δέ κα μή τις ''Leg.Gort.''5.13): later Dor. [[εἴ]] τί κα ''GDI''2101.3, al.; <b class="b3">καἴ τι ἂν</b>(= [[καὶ εἴ τι ἂν]]) ''IG''5(1).1390.50 (Andania, i B.C., v. infr. B.11.1b):—this Dor. order influenced the Koine, as in the rare εἴ τις ἂν Plu.''TG''15.<br><span class="bld">B.</span> Interrog. Pron. [[τίς]], Elean and Lacon. τίρ (q.v.), [[τί]]:—gen. Ep. and Ion. [[τέο]] Il.2.225, Herod.8.1, etc., or τεῦ Od.15.509, Hdt.5.106, etc.; Trag. and Att. [[τοῦ]] A.Pr.614, Ar.Nu.1223, etc.; Ion., Trag., and Att. [[τίνος]] Simon.154, Hdt.6.80, A.Pr.563 (anap.), S.Aj.892, Ar.Ach.588, etc.; dat. Ion. τέῳ Hdt.1.11, al. (as fem., 4.155); no dat. in Hom. or Hes.; Trag. and Att. τῷ S.Ant.401, D.19.60, etc.; Aeol. τίῳ Sapph.104; τίνι first in Pi.N.7.57, (but prob. in h.Cer.404) A.Pers.715 (troch.). S.OT10, 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, Ep.Hebr.5.12; gen. Ep. τέων Il.24.387, Od.20.192, and as monosyll. 6.119, 13.200; Trag. and Att. τίνων S.El.1476, OC2, Ar.Nu.1089, etc.; dat. τίσι first in S.OT1126, Ar.Ra.1455, Pl.R.332d, etc. (no dat. in Hom. or Hes.); also τοῖσι S.Tr.984 (anap.); Ion. τέοισι Hdt.1.37, cf. 2.82 (v.l. ὁτέοισι); Aeol. τίοισι Sapph.168; acc. τίνας S.OC115, Ar.Av.370 (troch.); neut. τίνα Arr.Epict.1.30.3; Boeot. 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 sts. 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><span class="bld">I.</span> in direct questions, who? which? neut. what? which? ὦ ξεῖνοι, τίνες ἐστέ; Od.9.252; τι νύ μοι μήκιστα γένηται; 5.299; τίς δαίμων τόδε πῆμα προσήγαγε; 17.446; τίς ἀχώ, τίς ὀδμὰ προσέπτα μʼ ἀφεγγής; A.Pr.115 (lyr.), cf. 561 (anap.), etc.; properly at the beginning of the sentence; but this position may be varied,<br><span class="bld">a.</span> 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.<br><span class="bld">b.</span> for emphasis, ἃ δʼ ἐννέπεις, κλύουσα τοῦ λέγεις; S.OC412, 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.HF1246; 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.OT1174; ἐλπίδων ἐς τί; Id.OC1749 codd. (lyr.); κἀνήρετʼ ἐν τῷ πράγματος κυροῖ ποτε Id.Aj.314, etc.<br><span class="bld">2.</span> sts. 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 τοῦτʼ ἔλεξας; S.Ph.1173 (lyr.); τί ἐστι τουτί τίς ὁ τρόπος τοῦ τάγματος; Id.Ichn.114; also with Pron. in pl., τί ταῦτα; E.Ph.382, Andr.548, etc.; τί γὰρ τάδʼ ἐστίν; Ar.Nu.200; τί ποτʼ ἐστίν, ἃ διανοούμεθα; Pl.Tht.154e; τί ποτʼ ἐστὶ ταῦτα; ib. 155c; σκεπτέον τί τὰ συμβαίνοντα Id.Grg.508b; so τί is used a predicate of a masc. or fem. subject, τί νιν προσείπω; A.Ch.983(997); τί σοι φαίνεται ὁ νεανίσκος; Pl.Chrm.154d:—also τίς δʼ ὅδε Ναυσικάᾳ ἕπεται; who is this that follows N.? Od.6.276; τίς δʼ 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 revere order, τήνδε τίνα λεύσσω .. ; who is this I see? E.IA821; 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.OC598, 1488, etc.; τίνʼ 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 lead 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, Pax696, Av.1039, Pl.902, etc.; τοῦ τίνος χάριν; UPZ6.29 (ii b.c.); and with pl. Art., τὰ τί; Ar.Pax693.<br><span class="bld">3.</span> with prop. names treated as appellatives (v.  τις indef. ii 6 b), τίς ἆρα Κύπρις ἢ τίς Ἵμερος; S.Fr.874; τίς δε Θηρικλῆς ποτε ἔτευξε; Eub.43; τίς .. Χίμαιρα πύρπνοος; Anaxil.22.3.<br><span class="bld">4.</span> τίς ἂν θεῶν .. δοίη; like πῶς ἄν, would that some one .., S.OC1100, cf. A.Ag.1448 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">5.</span> a question with τίς often amounts to a strong negation, τῶν δʼ ἄλλων τίς κεν οὐνόματʼ εἴποι; Il.17.260; τίς ἂν ἐξεύροι ποτʼ ἄμεινον; Ar.Pl.498; τίνες ἂν δικαιότερον .. μισοῖντο; Th.3.64, etc.<br><span class="bld">6.</span> sts. 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 (εἶς codd.) ἀνδρῶν; Od.1.170, cf. S.Tr.421.<br><span class="bld">7.</span> τίς with Particles:—τίς γάρ; why who? who possibly? τίς γάρ σε θεῶν .. ἧκεν; Il.18.182; v. infr. 8f.<br><span class="bld">b.</span> τίς δέ; ὦ κοῦραι, τίς δʼ ὔμμιν .. πωλεῖται; h.Ap.169.<br><span class="bld">c.</span> τίς δή; who then? τίς δή κεν βροτὸς .. ἅζοιτʼ ἀθανάτους Thgn.747; τίς δῆτα; S.Aj.518.<br><span class="bld">d.</span> τίς ποτε; who in the world? who ever? τίς ποτʼ 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.).<br><span class="bld">8.</span> the usages of the neut. τί; are very various:<br><span class="bld">a.</span> 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. i b; on ὡς τί; v.  ὡς f. i.<br><span class="bld">b.</span> τί τοῦτο; τί ταῦτα; v. supr. 2.<br><span class="bld">c.</span> τί μοι; τί σοι; what is it to me? to thee? S.Ph.753, etc. w. inf., AP5.178.2 (Mel.); 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 τοῦτʼ ἔστιν;); ἀλλά δὴ τί τοῦτʼ ἐμοί; Diph.32.18; τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί; what have I to do with thee? LxxJd.11.12, Arr.Epict.2.19.19, Ev.Jo.2.4; τί σοὶ καὶ εἰρήνῃ; Lxx4Ki.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 τιν, εἰ κωτίλαι εἰμές; Theoc.15.89; or with inf., τί γάρ μοι τοὺς ἔχω κρίνειν; 1Ep.Cor.5.12:—v.  εἰμί c. iii. 2.<br><span class="bld">d.</span> τίμαθών; τί παθών; v.  μανθάνω v,  πάσχω iii. 4.<br><span class="bld">e.</span> τί; also often stands abs. as Adv. how? why? wherefore? Il.1.362, etc.; so too in Att., 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.<br><span class="bld">f.</span> 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 i. 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 δʼ ἄν, εἰ .. ; Ar.Th.773; τί δʼ ἢν .. ; Id.Nu.1444; τί δέ, εἰ μὴ .. ; what else but ..? X.Oec.9.1, cf. S.OT941, 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 δῆτʼ ἄν, εἰ .. ; Ar.Nu.154:—(τί μή; f.l. in S.Aj.668):—τί μήν; i.e. yes certainly, much like τί γάρ; Pl.Tht.16e, 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 δʼ 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 τι οὖν ἔτʼ ἂν σαίνοιμεν .. μόρον; ib. 704; τί οὖν οὐκ ἐρωτᾷς; Pl.Ly.211d:—τί ποτε; v.  τίπτε;<br><span class="bld">g.</span> with Conjunctions following:—τί ὅτι .. ; why is it that ..? Stratt.62 (f.l.), LxxGe.3.1, Ev.Luc.2.49, etc.:—with Conjunctions preceding, ἵνα τί; v.  ἵνα b. ii. 3c.<br><span class="bld">h.</span> 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.43, cf. OC524 (lyr.):—κατὰ τί; for what purpose? Ar.Nu.239:—πρὸς τί; wherefore? S.OT766, 1027, etc.<br><span class="bld">II.</span> τίς is sts. used for ὅστις in indirect questions, εἰρώτα δὴ ἔπειτα τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι Od.15.423, cf. 17.368; δεῖζον τίς ἔσται τῇ ταλαιπώρῳ χρόνος A.Pr.623; οὐδʼ ἔχω τίς ἂν γενοίμαν ib. 905 (lyr.); οὐκ ἔχω τί φῶ Id.Ch.91, cf. S.OC48, etc.; ἐπισκεψώμεσα 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 λογιστήριονγράφων .. τίὀφείλεται PHib.1.29.42 (iii b.c.), cf. PCair.Zen.21.40, al. (iii b.c.); οὐθεὶς ἐσήμηνεν παρὰ τί ἂν τοῖς προστεταγμένοις .. οῦ κατηκολούθησαν nobody indicated why they should not have obeyed orders, PTeb.72.160, cf. 61 (b).227 (ii b.c.); ὅστις and τίς are sts. combined, ὡς πύθοιθʼ ὅ τι δρῶν ἢ τί φωνῶν ῥυσαίμην S.OT71, 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; SEG31.1003 (Lydia, a.d. 84/5).<br><span class="bld">b.</span> sts. not in indirect questions, whoever, whatever, αἰτοῦ τί χρῄζεις ἕν E.Fr.773.2; ταῦτα οὐκ ἀπέστελλον πάντα, ἀλλʼ ἐκλεγόμενοι τίνων αἱ τιμαὶ ἐπετέταντο whatever things had risen in price, D.56.24; τίνα δʼ ἁ Κύπρις οὐκ ἐφίληθεν whomsoever K. has not loved, AP5.169 (Noss.); τίνι ἡ τύχη δίδωσι, λαβέτω Antiochusap.Ptol.Euerg.3 J.; λαμβανέτω τί θέλει AP12.219 (Strat.); τὰν ὀνάλαν κίς κε γινύειτει IG9(2).517.22 (Larissa, iii b.c.); καὶ τί ἂν εἶ (= ᾖ) λοιπόν ib. 5(1).1390.50 (Andania, i b.c.), nisi leg. καἴ τι ἂν, v. supr. a. iii. 2e; τίς ἂν δὲ χεῖρ προσαγάγῃ Epigr.Gr.376a (Aezani); τίς σοφός, αὐτῷ προσκολλήθητι LxxSi.6.34; οὐ τί ἐγὼ θέλω, ἀλλὰ τί σύ Ev.Marc.14.36; τίς σοφίῃ πάντων πρῶτος, τούτου τρίποδʼ αὐδῶ Orac.ap.D.S.9.3 et ap. D.L.1.28 codd. (ὃς Cobet from Sch.Ar.Pl.9); χαῖρε καὶ σύ, τίς ποτʼ εἶ IG9(2).953 (Larissa), cf. CIG1982 (Thessalonica); in other places, as S.El.1176, Tr.339, OT1144, E.Ion324, this constr. cannot be admitted.<br><span class="bld">c.</span> τίς = ὅστις after a neg., μή τίς ἐστιν ἐν ὑμῖν ἀνὴρ ἢ γυνὴ .., τινος ἡ διάνοια ἐξέκλινεν κτλ.; LxxDe.29.18.<br><span class="bld">d.</span> =  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 b.c.), cf. 5.2, 8; τίνας ἱερεωσύνας εἶχον ἐπενεγύων SIG705.43, cf. 56 (Senatus consultum, Delph., ii b.c.); τίνα με ὑπονοεῖτε εἶναι, οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγώ Act.Ap.13.25; τίς ἔζησεν ἔτη β ́ who lived .., IG14.1560 (Rome), cf. 1391 (ibid.); εὗρον γεωργόν, τίς αὐτὰ ἐλκύσῃ BGU822.5 (ii/iii a.d.)<br><span class="bld">2.</span> 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, ἀλλʼ ὅταν τί ποιήσωσι, νομιεῖς αὐτοὺς σοῦ φροντίζειν; ib. 1.4.14; νῦν δʼ ἐπειδὴ τίνος τέχνης ἐπιστήμων ἐστί, τίνα ἂν καλοῦντες αὐτὸν ὀρθῶς καλοῖμεν; Pl.Grg.448c.<br><span class="bld">III.</span> =  πότερος; X.Cyr.1.3.17, Pl.Phlb.52d, Ev.Matt.27.21, Ev.Luc.5.23.<br><span class="bld">IV.</span> τί as exclamatory Adv., how ..! τί ὡραιώθησαν σιαγόνες σου ὡς τρυγόνες LxxCa.1.10, cf. 4.10; τί θέλω how I wish! Ev.Luc.12.49; τὶ στενή v.l. in Ev.Matt.7.14.<br><span class="bld">C.</span> Prosody: τις and τίς keep ῐ in all cases (digamma operates in Il.6.462, etc.).<br><span class="bld">II.</span> τί was never elided; but hiatus is allowed after τί in Ep. 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.