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τίς

Pronoun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τίς

Structure: τιν (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. (interrogative, masculine/feminine) who?
  2. (interrogative, in neuter) what?, which?

Declension

M/F Neuter
SingularNominative τῑ́ς τί
Genitive τίνος τίνος
Dative τίνι τίνι
Accusative τίνα τί
Vocative τῑ́ς τί
DualN/A/V τίνε τίνε
G/D τίνοιν τίνοιν
PluralNominative τίνες τίνα
Genitive τίνων τίνων
Dative τῖσιν* τῖσιν*
Accusative τίνας τίνα
Vocative τίνες τίνα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτὴν καὶ εἶπε. θυγάτηρ τίνοσ εἶ̣ ἀνάγγειλόν μοι, εἰ ἔστι παρὰ τῷ πατρί σου τόποσ ἡμῖν τοῦ καταλῦσαι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:23)
  • καὶ ἠρώτησα αὐτήν. καὶ εἶπα. θυγάτηρ τίνοσ εἶ̣ ἀνάγγειλόν μοι. ἡ δὲ ἔφη. θυγάτηρ Βαθουήλ εἰμι τοῦ υἱοῦ Ναχώρ, ὃν ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ Μελχά. καὶ περιέθηκα αὐτῇ τὰ ἐνώτια καί τὰ ψέλλια περὶ τὰσ χεῖρασ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:47)
  • καὶ ἐνετείλατο τῷ πρώτῳ, λέγων. ἐάν σοι συναντήσῃ Ἡσαῦ ὁ ἀδελφόσ μου καὶ ἐρωτᾷ σε, λέγων. τίνοσ εἶ καὶ ποῦ πορεύῃ, καὶ τίνοσ ταῦτα τὰ προπορευόμενά σου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:17)
  • αὐτὴ δὲ ἀγομένη ἀπέστειλε πρὸσ τὸν πενθερὸν αὐτῆσ λέγουσα. ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, οὗτινοσ ταῦτά ἐστιν, ἐγὼ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχω. καὶ εἶπεν. ἐπίγνωθι, τίνοσ ὁ δακτύλιοσ καὶ ὁ ὁρμίσκοσ καὶ ἡ ράβδοσ αὕτη. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 38:25)

Synonyms

  1. who?

Related

Derived

  • τις ( someone, anyone, a certain one)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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