τις

τι, Indef. Pron. any one, any thing, enclitic through all cases (for exceptionsv.infr.):—butτίς; 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 <*> forς) IG 5(2).262.25 (Mantinea,v B.C.); Thess.κιςib. 9(2).515.12 (Larissa), 1226.4 , 1229.27 (Phalanna), pl.κινεςib. 517.41 (Larissa), neut.κιinδιεκί, ποκκί(qq.v.); neut. pl. Dor. σά, Boeot. τά, Aeol. dat.τίω, τίοισι(v. infr. B). (I.- E. q[uglide]i-, cf. Lat.quis, quid, etc.; forσά,τά , v. ἄσσα, σά μάν ; withτέο(v. infr. B) cf. OSlav. gen.c<*>eso.) Indef. Pron.τις,τι, gen. Ion. τεο Od. 16.305 , Hdt. 1.58 ; more freq.τευ Il. 2.388 , al., Hdt. 4.30 , al., Meliss. 7 , etc.; Trag. and Att. του A. Pr. 21 , Ar. Ach. 329 , Th. 1.70 , etc. (sts. fem., S. Aj. 290 , OT 1107 (lyr.), E. Hec. 370 , etc.);τουis rare after 300 B.C., never in LXX orNT, 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 , S. Ant. 698 , al., Hdt. 2.109 , al. ( Rh.Mus. 72.483 ), etc.; dat. Ion. τεῳ Il. 16.227 , Od. 11.502 , 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 , 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 , Hdt. 1.114 (elsewh. fem., 2.62 , 3.69 , 83 , 4.113 ), A. Th. 1041 , S. Aj. 443 , 495 , etc.; acc.τινα Il. 1.62 , 5.761 , etc., neut.τι 2.122 , etc.: dualτινε Od. 4.26 , Pl. Sph. 237d , Prm. 143c , 149e : pl.τινες( Hom. only in οὔ τινες Od. 6.279 , 17.587 andοἵτινες(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 Hdt. ,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 , Arist. EN 1094a5 , IG 42(1).121.35 (Epid.,iv B.C.), etc.;ἄσσα(q.v.) Od. 19.218 , never in Trag. or Hdt. ; Att. ἄτταfirst in Th. 1.113 , 2.100 , Ar. Ra. 173 , al., Pl. R. 400a , etc., never in LXX , Plb. , D.S. , Str. , revived by the Atticists, D.H. Comp. 3 , etc.; gen. Ion. τεων Hdt. 2.175 , 5.57 ,τεῶνcj. forγε ῶνin 4.76 ;τινωνnot in Hdt. , first in Ar. Eq. 977 (lyr.); dat.τισι , τισιν, first in Hdt. 9.113 , X. Ath. 1.18 ; N.-W. Dor. τινοις GDI 1409.5 (Delph.,iii B.C.); Ion. τεοισι Hdt. 8.113 , 9.27 (forτεοιςandτεον v. τεός ); acc.τινας Il. 15.735 , Od. 11.371 (also inοὕστινας, ὅτινας, v. ὅστις ), etc.; neut.τινα(v. supr.):—any one, any thing, some one, some thing; and asAdj. 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 ;οὐδέ τις αὐτὸν ἠείδη δμώωνib. 205 ;ἤ τι ὀϊσάμενος, ἢ . .ib. 339 ;μή τίς μοι ὑποδείσας ἀναδύηib. 377 , cf. 405 - 410 ;εἴ τινά που μετ' ὄεσσι λάβοιib. 418 , cf. 421 , al.;τις θεόςconstrued as ifτις θεῶν, 19.40 , cf. 11.502 , IG 12.94.19 , E. Hel. 1039 . special usages: some one(of many), i.e.many a one, ὧδε δέ τις εἴπεσκεν Il. 7.201 , etc.: sts. with meiosis, implyingallormen, 13.638 , Od. 3.224 ; so in Prose, Hdt. 5.49 fin., Th. 2.37 , etc. any one concerned, every one, εὖ μέν τις δόρυ θηξάσθω Il. 2.382 ;ἀλλά τις αὐτὸς ἴτωletevery mancome 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.,τοῦτό τις . . ἴστωS Aj. 417 (lyr.), cf. E. Ba. 346 , Ar. Av. 1187 ; ἀγορεύω τινὶ ἐμὲ μὴ βασανίζειν Id. Ra. 628 ;τοὺς ξυμμάχους αὐτόν τινα κολάζεινthatevery manshould himself chastise his own allies, Th. 1.40 , cf. 6.77 ; ὅ τί τις ἐδύνατο Id. 7.75 ;ἄμεινόν τινοςbetter thanany 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 A. Ag. 1205 , Hdt. 6.80 , Th. 8.94 , etc.; ἅπας τις Hdt. 3.113 , etc.; οὐδέν τι μᾶλλον Id. 4.118 . In these senses,τιςis freq. combined with pl. words,οἱ κακοὶ . . οὐκ ἴσασι, πρίν τις ἐκβάλῃ, forπρὶν ἐκβάλωσι, S. Aj. 965 ;οἷς ἂν ἐπίω, ἧσσόν τις πρόσεισι, forἧσσον προσίασι, Th. 4.85 ; ἐτόλμα τις . . , ὁρῶντες Id. 2.53 , cf. 7.75 ; esp. afterεἴorἤν τις, X. Mem. 1.2.62 , al. in reference to a definite person, whom one wishes to avoid naming,οὐκ ἔφασαν ἰέναι, ἐὰν μή τις χρήματα διδῷ(i.e. Cyrus) Id. An. 1.4.12 , cf. Ar. Ra. 552 , Theoc. 5.122 ; so also euphem. for something bad, ἤν τι ποιῶμεν Th. 2.74 ; ἂν οὗτός τι πάθῃ D. 4.11 : hence for the1stor2nd pers.Pron., ἅ τιν' οὐ πείσεσθαι ὀί̈ω Il. 1.289 , cf. S. Ant. 751 ;ποῖ τις τρέψεται; forποῖ τρέψομαι; Ar. Th. 603 , cf. S. Aj. 245 (lyr.), 1138 , Th. 4.59 , X. An. 3.4.40 , 5.7.31 , etc. indefinitely, where we saythey, Frenchon, sts. with an ironical force, φοβεῖταί τις A. Ch. 59 (lyr.); μισεῖ τις ἐκεῖνον D. 4.8 ; as voc.,τὸν Πλοῦτον ἔξω τις κάλειcall P. out,somebody, Ar. Pl. 1196 . τις , τιmay be opposed, expressly or by implication, toοὐδείς, οὐδέν, and meansomebody, something, by meiosis forsome great one, some great thing,ηὔχεις τις εἶναιyou boasted that you weresomebody, 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 ;κἠγών τις φαίνομαι ἦμενafter all I too amsomebody, 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.:— soτι λέγεινto be near the mark, opp.οὐδὲν λέγειν, 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 . τιςis sts. 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);ἔστιν οὖν οὐ πᾶν τὸ ταχύ, ἀλλά τι(sic codd. BT) αὐτοῦ ἀγαστόν Pl. 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 ;τὸ μεῖζον τοῦθ' ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἑτέρου λέγεται: τινὸς γὰρ λέγεται μεῖζονgreater thansomething, Id. Cat. 6a38 ; τὸ πρώτως ὂν καὶ οὐ τὶ ὂν ἀλλ' ὂν ἁπλῶς Id. Metaph. 1028a30 ;πότερον τῷ τυχόντι ἢ τισίν; Id. Pol. 1269a26 . with pr. namesτιςcommonly signifiesone namedso-and-so, ἦν δέ τις ἐν Τρώεσσι Δάρης Il. 5.9 , cf. X. An. 3.1.4 , etc.; with a sense of contempt,Θερσίτης τις ἦνthere wasoneThersites, S. Ph. 442 . one of the same sort, converting the pr. name into an appellative,ἤ τις Ἀπόλλων ἢ Πάν anApollo oraPan, A. Ag. 55 (anap.); [πόλιες] ταὶ μέλονται πρός τινος ἢ Διὸς ἢ γλαυκᾶς ἈθάναςLyr.in PVat. 11v xi7 ; Σκύλλαν τινά A. Ag. 1233 , cf. Ar. V. 181 , Av. 512 , Ra. 912 : so also ὥς τις ἥλιος A. Ag. 288 ;ἰσθμόν τιν' Ar. Th. 647 . with Adjs.τιςcombines to express the idea of aSubst.used as predicate,ὥς τις θαρσαλέος καὶ ἀναιδής ἐσσι προί̈κτης abold and impudent beggar, Od. 17.449 , cf. 18.382 , 20.140 , Il. 3.220 ;ἐγώ τις, ὡς ἔοικε, δυσμαθής adullard, Pl. R. 358a , cf. Prt. 340e ;φόβου πλέα τις εἶ acoward, A. Pr. 696 , cf. Th. 979 (lyr.), Ag. 1140 (lyr.);ὡς ταχεῖά τις . . χάρις διαρρεῖin what swiftfashion( = ταχέως πως ), S. Aj. 1266 , cf. OT 618 , Hdt. 4.198 ;δεινόν τι ποιεύμενοςthinking itaterriblething, Id. 3.155 , 5.33 . with numerals and Adjs. expressing number, size, or thelike,εἷς δέ τις ἀρχὸς ἀνὴρ . . ἔστω someone 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 ; sts. theτιςsoftens the definiteness of the numeral,ἑπτά τινες someseven, sevenor so, Th. 7.34 ; ἐς διακοσίους τινάς Id. 3.111 , cf. 7.87 , 8.21 ; so without an actual numeral,ἡμέρας τινάς somedays, i.e.several, Id. 3.52 ;στρατῷ τινι of a certain amount, considerable, Id. 8.3 ;ἐνιαυτόν τιναa yearor so, Id. 3.68 ; soοὐ πολλοί τινες, τινὲς οὐ πολλοί, A. Pers. 510 , Th. 6.94 , etc.;ὀλίγοι τινέςor τινὲς ὀλίγοι Id. 2.17 , 3.7 ;οὔ τινα πολλὸν χρόνονnoverylong time, Hdt. 5.48 ; τις στρατιὰ οὐ πολλή Th. 6.61 ; so alsoὅσσος τις χρυσόςwhatastore of gold, Od. 10.45 , cf. 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 Hdt. 2.58 . with Pronominal words,ἀλλά τί μοι τόδε θυμὸς . . μερμηρίζει something, namely this, Od. 20.38 , cf. 380 ;οἷός τιςwhat sort ofaman, Il. 5.638 (dub. l.), cf. Od. 9.348 , 20.377 , Pl. Prt. 313a , etc.; ποῖός τις S. Ant. 42 , OC 1163 , Hdt. 3.34 , X. An. 7.6.24 , etc.; ὁποῖός τις Id. Cyr. 2.2.2 , al.; εὐτυχίη τις τοιήδε Hdt. 3.139 , cf. X. Mem. 1.1.1 , etc.; τοιοῦτός τις Id. An. 5.8.7 . with the Article, when a noun with the Art. is in appos. withτις, asὅταν δ' ὁ κύριος παρῇ τιςwhen the person in authority,whoever he be, is here, S. OC 289 ;τοὺς αὐτοέντας . . τιμωρεῖν τινας(v.l. τινα) Id. OT 107 . in Philosophic writers,τιςis 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,ὁ τὶς ἄνθρωπος the individualman (whoever he may be), this or thatman, opp.ἄνθρωπος(man in general),ὁ τὶς ἵππος, ἡ τὶς γραμματική, Arist. Cat. 1b4 , 8 ;τὸ τὶ μέγεθος, opp.ὅλως τὸ μέγεθος, 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.s.v. ὁ,ἡ , τό B. 1.5 : laterὅ τις(orὁ τὶς) much like ὁ δεῖνα, δεῦρο ὅ τις θεός, ὄφθητί μοι in a general formula of invocation, PMag.Par. 1.236 ;αἴρω σε, ἥ τις βοτάνηib. 287 ;εἰς τήν τινα κρείαν(leg.χρείαν) ib. 289 . freq. in opposed clauses, ὁ μέν τις . . , ὁ δὲ . . E. Med. 1141 , Hec. 624 , Pl. Phd. 99b , etc.; ὁ μέν τις . . , ἄλλος δὲ . . E. IT 1407 ; ὁ μὲν . . , ὁ δέ τις . . X. Cyr. 1.4.15 : pl., οἱ μέν τινες . . , οἱ δὲ . . Hdt. 1.127 , cf. Th. 2.91 ; οἱ μέν τινες . . , οἱ δὲ . . , οἱ δέ τινες X. Cyr. 3.2.10 , etc.;οἱ μὲν . . , οἱ δέ τινες . .ib. 6.1.26 , etc.: also combined with other alternative words, ὁ μέν τις . . , ὁ δέ τις . . , ἕτερος δέ τις . . Id. Smp. 2.6 ;ὁ μὲν . . , ἕτερος δέ τις . . , ὁ δὲ . ., etc., Ar. Pl. 162 sq.: also in neut., τὸ μέν τι . . , τὸ δέ τι . . Pl. Ep. 358a ; τὸ μέν τι . . , τὸ δὲ . . Hdt. 3.40 ; in adverb. sense,τὸ μὲν . . , τὸ δέ τι . . partly . . , partly . ., Plb. 1.73.4 ; andτιremains 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 ; alsoτὸ δέ τι . .butin somemeasure . . , withoutτὸ μένpreceding, Th. 1.107 , cf. 118 , 7.48 . laterτιςis used as in b supr. but without the Art.,γράψον . . ὅτι τι καί τι εἴληφαςthat you have receivedsuchandsuchthings, POxy. 937.22 (iii A.D.);κληρονόμους καταλείπω τὴν θυγατέρα μού τινα καὶ τὸν σύντροφον αὐτῆς τινα καί τιναib. 1034.2 (ii A.D.);τίς τινι χαίρειν AtoBgreeting (in a draft letter), ib. 509 (ii A.D.). the neut.τιis used, collectively,ἦν τι καὶ ἐν ταῖς Συρακούσαιςthere wasa party . ., Th. 7.48 ; so perh.τῶν ἄλλων οὔ πέρ τι πεφυγμένον ἐστ' Ἀφροδίτην, οὔτε θεῶν, οὔτ' ἀνθρώπωνnoclass, h.Ven. 34 (but masc.τιςin h.Merc. 143 ). euphem. for something bad,v.supr. 3 . 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,οὕτω δή τι ἰσχυραί, οὕτω δή τι πολύγονον, etc., Hdt. 3.12 , 108 , cf. 4.52 ; so also ὀλίγον τι ἧσσον Od. 15.365 ; οὐδέ τι μᾶλλον Hdt. 6.123 , etc.; ἧσσόν τι Th. 3.75 , etc.;οὐ πάνυ τι, πολύ τι, σχεδόν τι, v. πάνυ 1.3 , πολύς 111.1a , 2a ,σχεδόνIV; also in conjunction with οὐδέν, μηδέν, οὐδέν τι πάντως Hdt. 6.3 ;οὐδέν, μηδέν τι μᾶλλον, E. Alc. 522 , S. Aj. 280 ; μηδέν τι λίαν E. Andr. 1234 :—alsoκαί τι καὶ . . ὑποψίᾳ in partalso from suspicion, Th. 1.107 ; καί πού τι καί Pi. O. 1.28 . τίς τεfreq. in Hom. , ὡς ὅτε τίς τε Il. 3.33 , 4.141 ,v. τε B. ἤ τις ἢ οὐδείς fewor none,next to none, Hdt. 3.140 , X. Cyr. 7.5.45 , D.C. 47.5 , 48.4 ;ἤ τι ἢ οὐδέν littleor nothing, Pl. Ap. 17b ; ἢ οὐδεὶς ἤ τις D.C. 41.62 (s. v.l.). τιςis pleonast. in such phrases asοὐδέν τιorμηδέν τι,v.supr. 11c . repeated in successive clauses, ὅσα λέγει τις ἢ πράσσειτις ἢψέγειν ἔχει S. Ant. 689 ; εἴ τις δύο ἢ καὶ πλέους τις ἡμέρας λογίζεται Id. Tr. 944 (where howeverκἄτι πλείουςis prob. cj.), cf. E. Or. 1218 (whereasτιςis sts. omitted in the first clause, οὔτε φωνὴν οὔτε του μορφὴν βροτῶν A. Pr. 21 , cf. S. Tr. 3 ): but in E. Andr. 734 ,ἔστι γάρ τις οὐ πρόσω . . πόλις τις, the repetition is pleonastic, as also in A. Supp. 57 sq. (lyr., s. v.l.). τιςis sts. omitted,οὐδέ κεν ἔνθα τεόν γε μένος καὶ χεῖρας ὄνοιτο(sc.τις) Il. 13.287 ;ὡς δ' ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται(sc.τις) φεύγοντα διώκειν 22.199 , cf. S. OC 1226 (lyr.), Leg.Gort. 2.2 , X. Smp. 5.2 , Pl. Grg. 456d :τιςmust often be supplied from what goes before, ib. 478c , Prt. 319d . sts. alsoτιςis omitted before a gen. case which must depend upon it, as ἢ [τις] τᾶς ἀσώτου Σισυφιδᾶν γενεᾶς S. Aj. 189 (lyr.);ἢν γαμῇ ποτ' αὐτὸς ἢ [τις] τῶν ξυγγενῶν Ar. Nu. 1128 ; ἐν τῶν πόλεων IG 12.56.14 .--Cf.ὅστις, οὔτις, μήτις, ἄλλο τι. Accentuation and position ofτις: accentuation:τιςis normally enclitic, but in certain uses is orthotone, i.e. theoretically oxytone (τίς, τινά, τινές, τινῶν, etc., cf. Choerob. in Theod. 1.373 H.) and barytone when followed by another word (τὶςorτις , τινὰ, τινὲς, τινῶν, etc.). According to Sch. D.T. p.240 H. its orthotone accent isτίς(notτὶς), τίνα, τίνες, etc. The orthotone form is used in codd.: at the beginning of a sentence,τίς ἔνδον . .; isany onewithin? A. Ch. 654 (τὶςcj. Hermann);τί φημι; = λέγω τι ; am I sayinganything? S. Tr. 865 , OT 1471 ; <τίς ἦλθε;> ἦλθέ τιςhasanybodycome?Somebodyhas come, Sch. D.T. l.c.;τὶς κάθηται, τὶς περιπατεῖ,so and sois sitting (walking), S.E. M. 8.97 ;τὶς αἰπόλος καλούμενος ΚομάταςSch. Theoc. 7.78 ; τίς ποτε οἰκοδεσπότης . . ἐκοπία Aesop. inGloss.iii p.41 ; or after a pause, πῶς γὰρ ἄν, ἔφην ἐγώ, ὦ βέλτιστε, τὶς ἀποκρίναιτο Pl. R. 337e ;τι οὖν(τὶς ἂν εἴποι)ταῦτα λέγεις; D. 1.14 (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 ( v.l. for τὺ ). whenτιςis opp. to anotherτιςor 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,τοῦτ' εἰς ἀνίαν τοὔπος ἔρχεται τινίfora certain person, S. Aj. 1138 . Codd. are not consistent; in signf. 11.5a , 10c , 13 they make it enclitic; in signf. 11.5b sts. enclitic, sts. orthotone (v. supr.); sts. enclitic and orthotone in the same sentence, πάντα δὲ τὰ γιγνόμενα ὑπό τέ τινος γίγνεται καὶ ἔκ τινος καὶ τί Arist. Metaph. 1032a14 , cf. Pl. Chrm. 165c . position: τιςis 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 . in Ion. Prose it sts. stands between its genitive and the Article of that genitive, τῶν τις Περσέων 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 . it stands between the Art. andSubst.in signf. 11.10b . τίς τιis the correct order, notτί τις, IG 12.110.46 , Th. 7.10 , X. An. 4.1.14 (codd. dett.), D. 22.22 , etc. whereas in Att. the orderἐάν τιςis compulsory, in Dor. the usual order isαἴ τίς κα, 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.;καἴ τι ἂν( = 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 . 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 ;τίνιfirst 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.: dualτίνε(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 , OC 2 , Ar. Nu. 1089 , etc.; dat.τίσιfirst in S. OT 1126 , 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. OC 115 , 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.τίνεςwith gen.τέων; ποῖος(what? which?) is sts. preferred (esp. in neut. pl.) to theAdj. τίς, e.g.τὰ ποῖα ταῦτα χρήματα; Ar. Nu. 1270 , cf. 1337 , Th. 621 , Pl. Cra. 391e , 395d , 406d ; v. ποῖος 1.3 and IV: in direct questions,who? which?neut.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. andpart.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., asτίς θεῶν; Il. 18.182 , etc.; and of things or conditions,τίis 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. sts. as the predicate,τίς ὀνομάζεται;whatis he named? E. Ph. 123 ; so also may be expld. the union ofτίςwith 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 pl.,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 ; soτίisused as predicate of a masc. or fem. subject,τί νιν προσείπω; A. Ch. 983(997) ;τί σοι φαίνεται ὁ νεανίσκος; Pl. Chrm. 154d :—alsoτίς δ' ὅδε Ναυσικάᾳ ἕπεται;whois 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 . .;whois this I see? E. IA 821 ;τίνι οὖν τοιούτῳ φίλους ἂν θηρῴην;with what meansof such kind . . ? X. Mem. 3.11.9 ;τί τοσοῦτον νομίζοντες ἠδικῆσθαι; Id. Smp. 4.53 ;τί με τὸ δεινὸν ἐργάσῃ;whatis the dreadful thing which . . ? E. Ba. 492 , cf. S. OC 598 , 1488 , etc.;τίν' ὄψιν σὴν προσδέρκομαι;whatface is this I see of thine? E. Hel. 557 ;παρὰ τίνας τοὺς ὑμᾶς;whoare 'you' to whom [I am to come]? Pl. Ly. 203b :—the Art. is exceptionally added toτίς, when it leads up to a word which requires the Art.,ληφθήσει . . Πανήμου εἰκάδι: καὶ Λῴου τῇ--τίνι; τῇ δεκάτῃon the twentieth of the month Panemus and of Loüs on the --whatday? the tenth, Call. Epigr. 46 :—in Com.alsoτὸ τί;whatis that? Ar. Nu. 775 , Pax 696 , Av. 1039 , Pl. 902 , etc.;τοῦ τίνος χάριν; UPZ 6.29 (ii B.C.); and with pl. Art.,τὰ τί; Ar. Pax 693 . with prop. names treated as appellatives (v.τιςindef. 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 withτίςoften 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. sts. two questions are asked in one clause by different cases ofτίς; ἡ τίσιν τί ἀποδιδοῦσα τέχνη δικαιοσύνη ἂν καλοῖτο; Pl. R. 332d ; τί λαβόντα τί δεῖ ποιεῖν D. 4.36 :—alikedoubling of the question lies in the union ofτίςwith other interrog. words,τίς πόθεν εἰς(εἶςcodd.)ἀνδρῶν; Od. 1.170 , cf. S. Tr. 421 . τίςwith 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 (butτίς ἄν ποτεis prob. cj.). the usages of the neut.τί; are very various: τί; alone, as a simple question,what? τί γάρ; A. Th. 336 (lyr.):—onὅτι τί; ὅτι τί δή; ὅτι δὴ τί; v. ὅτι B. 1b ; onὡς τί; v. ὡς F. 1 . τί τοῦτο; τί ταῦτα;v.supr. 2 . τί μοι; τί σοι;whatis it to me? to thee? S. Ph. 753 , etc.; c. gen.,τί μοι ἔριδος καὶ ἀρωγῆς;whathave 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;whathave I to do with thee? LXX Jd. 11.12 , Arr. Epict. 2.19.19 , Ev.Jo. 2.4 ;τί σοὶ καὶ εἰρήνῃ; LXX 4 Ki. 9.18 , cf. Ho. 14.9 ;τί πρὸσσέ; M.Ant. 8.44 , cf. Ev.Matt. 27.4 ;σοὶ δὲ καὶ τούτοισι τοῖσι πρήγμασι τί ἐστι;whathave 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 withinf.,τί γάρ μοι τοὺς ἔξω κρίνειν; 1 Ep.Cor. 5.12 :—v.εἰμίc. 111.2 . τίμαθών; τί παθών; v. μανθάνω v, πάσχω 111.4 . τί; also often stands abs. asAdv. 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 aboutK.? Id. Ba. 1177 codd., cf. 1182 (both lyr.); cf.τίη. τίwith Particles:-τί γάρ;why not? how else?and so it came to meanof 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 . .; butwhat, if . . ? E. Hel. 1043 ;τί δ' ἄν, εἰ . .; Ar. Th. 773 ;τί δ' ἢν . .; Id. Nu. 1444 ;τί δέ, εἰ μὴ . .;whatelse but . . ? X. Oec. 9.1 , cf. S. OT 941 , Ph. 421 ; soτί 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 alsoτί δῆτα;how, pray? τί δῆτ' 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. 162e , etc., prob. in S. Aj. 668 :—τί μὴν οὔ; in reply to a question, Id. El. 1280 (lyr.):—τί νυ;whynow? 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 ; butτί οὖν ἔτ' ἂν σαίνοιμεν . . μόρον; ib. 704 ;τί οὖν οὐκ ἐρωτᾷς; Pl. Ly. 211d :—τί ποτε; v. τίπτε ; with Conjunctions following:—τί ὅτι . .;whyis it that . . ? Stratt. 62 (f.l.), LXX Ge. 3.1 , Ev.Luc. 2.49 , etc.:—with Conjunctions preceding,ἵνα τί; v. ἵνα B. 11.3 c. with Preps.:—διὰ τί;wherefore? Ar. Pl. 1111 , etc.:—ἐκ τίνος; fromwhatcause? X. An. 5.8.4 :—ἐς τί; towhatpoint? how long? Il. 5.465 ; but also, towhatend? S. Tr. 403 , cf. OC 524 (lyr.):—κατὰ τί; forwhatpurpose? Ar. Nu. 239 :—πρὸς τί;wherefore? S. OT 766 , 1027 , etc. τίςis sts. used forὅστιςin 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 γενοίμανib. 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 ἔχειςib. 2.2.10 ; freq. in later Gr., whereὅστιςis very rare, εἰς τὸ λογιστήριον γράφων . . τί ὀφείλεται PHib. 1.29.42 (iii B.C.), cf. PCair.Zen. 21.40 , al.(iii B.C.);οὐθεὶς ἐσήμηνεν παρὰ τί ἂν τοῖς προστεταγμένοις . . οὐ κατηκολούθησανnobody indicatedwhythey should not have obeyed orders, PTeb. 72.160 , cf. 61 (b). 227 (ii B.C.);ὅστιςandτίςare sts. combined, ὡς πύθοιθ' ὅ τι δρῶν ἢ τί φωνῶν ῥυσαίμην S. OT 71 , cf. A. Pr. 489 sq., 617 , 623 :—later withinf.,τί πράττειν οὐκ ἔχωI do not knowwhatto do, Aesop. 67 , cf. Ps.- Luc. Philopatr. 29 . sts. not in indirect questions,whoever, whatever, αἰτοῦ τί χρῄζεις ἕν E. Fr. 773.2 ;ταῦτα οὐκ ἀπέστελλον πάντα, ἀλλ' ἐκλεγόμενοι τίνων αἱ τιμαὶ ἐπετέταντο whateverthings had risen in price, D. 56.24 ;τίνα δ' ἁ Κύπρις οὐκ ἐφίλησεν whomsoeverK. has not loved, AP 5.169 ( Noss. );τίνι ἡ τύχη δίδωσι, λαβέτωAntiochusap. Ptol.Euerg. 3 J. ; λαμβανέτω τί θέλει AP 12.219 ( Strat. ); τὰν ὀνάλαν κίς κε γινύειτει IG 9(2).517.22 (Larissa,iii B.C.);καὶ τί ἂν εἶ( = ᾖ )λοιπόνib. 5(1).1390.50 (Andania,i B.C., nisi leg.καἴ τι ἂν,v.supr. A. 111.2e ); 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' αὐδῶOrac. ap. D.S. 9.3 et ap. D.L. 1.28 codd. (ὃςCobet 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 B.C.), cf. 5.2 , 8 ; τίνας ἱερεωσύνας εἶχον ἐπενεγύων SIG 705.43 , cf. 56 (Senatus consultum, Delph.,ii B.C.); τίνα με ὑπονοεῖτε εἶναι, οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγώ Act.Ap. 13.25 ;τίς ἔζησεν ἔτη β́ wholived . . , IG 14.1560 (Rome), cf. 1391 (ibid.); εὗρον γεωργόν, τίς αὐτὰ ἑλκύσῃ BGU 822.5 (ii/iii A.D.). τίς; τί; in direct or indirect questions may be construed with apart.,σὺ δὲ τίς ὢν ταῦτα λέγεις; beingwho, 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 . τίas exclamatoryAdv.,how . .! τί ὡραιώθησαν σιαγόνες σου ὡς τρυγόνες LXX Ca. 1.10 , cf. 4.10 ;τί θέλω howI wish! Ev.Luc. 12.49 ;τί στενή v.l. in Ev.Matt. 7.14 . Prosody:τιςandτίςkeepῐin all cases (digamma operates in Il. 6.462 , etc.). τίwas never elided; but hiatus is allowed afterτίin Ep. τί ἢ(v.τίη), also in Com., asτί 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 .