[*] 132. ti/ instead of ti/na. When the subject is a neuter plural that may be considered as a unit, “τί” is regularly used instead of “τίνα”, unless the idea of selection is to be emphasized. “τί”: “τί οὖν ἐστι ταῦτα, ἃ ὑμεῖς ἴστε καὶ οὐ παρ᾽ ἡμῶν ὑμᾶς ἀκοῦσαι δεῖ”; DEM.19.217; What then are these things, things that you yourselves know and need not hear from us? DEM.19.217(see above). PLATO , Phaedo 57 A: “τί οὖν δἠ ἐστιν ἅττα εἶπεν ὁ ἀνὴρ πρὸ τοῦ θανάτου”; Ibid. 58 C: “τί ἦν τὰ λεχθέντα καὶ πραχθέντα καὶ τίνες οἱ παραγενόμενοι τῶν ἐπιτηδείων τῷ ἀνδρί”; (Best MSS. “τί”. Schanz and Wohlrab both read “τί”, “ηερμ. τίνα”.) XEN. An. 2.1.22: “ἡμῖν ταὐτὰ δοκεῖ ἅπερ καὶ βασιλεῖ. Τί οὖν ταῦτά ἐστιν; ἔφη ὁ Φαλῖνος” .
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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