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καίτοι (
καὶ ¨ τοι<*>), not in Homer, means
and yet, although, rarely
and so then. Here
τοί marks something worthy of note, which is commonly opposed to what precedes.
καίτοι is used in making a correction (sometimes in the form of a question), in passing to a new idea, and in the statement of a conclusion. The common
καίτοι . . . γε is stronger than
καίτοι.
““
καίτοι οὐδὲν ὅτι οὐκ ἀληθὲς εἴρηκα ὧν προεῖπον”
and yet there is nothing untrue in what I said before”
P. Euth. 3c.
a. A sentence preceding
καίτοι is often
restated by a clause introduced by
ἀλλά (
ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως),
δέ, or
νῦν δέ. Cp.
P. Ph. 77a, Charm. 175 c, A. 40 b, G. 499 c.
b. καίτοι is rarely, if ever, used with the participle in classical Greek. It is best attested in
P. R. 511d; emendation is resorted to in
L. 31.34,
Ar. Eccl. 159.
