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τι or ὅτι (as it is freq. written exc. in 1, sts. also , τι ), Ep. ὅττι , neut. of ὅστις, used as an A dv.
A.like διότι, in indirect questions, for what, wherefore, “ὅς κ᾽ εἴποι, τι τόσσον ἐχώσατοIl.1.64, cf. Od.19.464; “εἴρετο, τι οὐ χρᾶται τῇ χειρίHdt.3.78, cf. 1.111, 2.19,91, al.; ἢν μὴ φράσῃς τι . . unless you tell me why . . , Ar.Pl.19, cf. 966: sts. with a Prep., “εἰρωτώμενος κατ᾽ τι . . οὕτως ἐπέστειλεHdt.6.3.
II. τι μή (usu. written ὅτι μή), after a neg. clause, except, Il.16.227 (v.l. ὅτε μή)“; οὐδαμοί . . , τι μὴ Χῖοι μοῦνοιHdt.1.18; οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων, τι μὴ γυνὴ μούνη ib.181, cf. 143, Th.4.26, etc.: rarely with a different Verb, διέφυγε μὲν οὐδείς, τι μὴ διέλαθέ τις no one escaped, save that one escaped notice, Arr.An.1.16.2, etc.: after a question with οὐ, so far as not, οὐ . . τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ μανθάνειν [ἡδονήν], τι μὴ μάθημα τιμὴν φέρει, καπνὸν καὶ φλυαρίαν [ἡγεῖται]; Pl.R.581d.—That this phrase belongs to the pronominal τι is shown by the similar usage of ὅσον, v. ὅσος IV. 5c.
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