τί

See also: τι; ό,τι; and Appendix:Variations of "ti"

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tí/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ti/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti/

Etymology 1

Adverbial accusative of τῐ́ς (tĭ́s, “what”).

Adverb

τῐ́ • (tĭ́)

why?

Etymology 2

Pronoun

τῐ́ • (tĭ́)

neuter nominative/accusative singular of τῐ́ς (tĭ́s)
oxytone form of τι (ti) before an enclitic, neuter nominative/accusative singular of τῐ́ς (tĭ́s)

References

“τί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accomplish idem, page 6.
- account idem, page 7.
- acquire idem, page 9.
- adjudge idem, page 12.
- advise idem, page 15.
- ground idem, page 375.
- heap idem, page 391.
- heart idem, page 392.
- lose idem, page 500.
- what idem, page 974.
- wherefore idem, page 975.
- why idem, page 978.

Greek

Pronoun

τί • (tí) m interrogative

Polytonic spelling of τι; (ti?, “what?”)