Τέο

whose

Translated by Catharine Roth19 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

8 words

[te/o sc. can be used] instead of ti/nos.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τέο· ἀντὶ τοῦ τίνος.

Betacode

*te/o: a)nti\ tou= ti/nos.

Notes

This genitive form of the interrogative/indefinite pronoun with stem te- occurs in Homer and Herodotos. In Ionic the contracted form is teu=; in Attic it is tou= (see tau 809).

References

P. Chantraine, Grammaire homérique (1973) I 280.

Linked from1 entry

τ809Τουof someone, of somethingUsed also for the feminine, like tinos. Aristophanes in Amphiareus [writes]: "I bring this meat for him from some woman." For the neuter, in Danaids: "but come in, as I wish to tell this business; for it seems to smell…

Neighbouring entries

τ315Τένθηςgourmand τ316Τένονταςtendons τ317Τέοwhose τ318Τεόνthy τ319Τέωof Teos

Revision history4 revisions · last 9 Jan 2014

9 Jan 2014Revised — David Whitehead
11 Mar 2008italics — Catharine Roth
11 Mar 2008added betacode, other cosmetics — Catharine Roth
1 Sep 2002Revised — David Whitehead
19 Dec 2000Translated — Catharine Roth