Τοῦ γὰρ τοῦτο ποιήσει

for why will [he] do this?

Translated by Catharine Roth5 Feb 2014Vetting: high1 revision

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Meaning for the sake of what?

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τοῦ γὰρ τοῦτο ποιήσει· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἕνεκα τίνος;

Betacode

*tou= ga\r tou=to poih/sei: a)nti\ tou= e(/neka ti/nos;

Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 672, with scholion.
The opening word of the quotation, tou=, is a genitive singular of the interrogative pronoun ti/s, equivalent to ti/nos. The verse in Aristophanes actually begins with a preposition: peri\ tou= "concerning what?"

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