Τῶ

therefore

Translated by Catharine Roth1 Jun 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

23 words

[*tw= is spelled] without an iota, meaning 'for this reason' [dio/]. [It is also used] in the dual for feminine, masculine, and neuter.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τῶ· χωρὶς τοῦ ι ἀντὶ τοῦ διό. καὶ δυικῶς ἐπὶ θηλυκοῦ καὶ ἀρσενικοῦ καὶ οὐδετέρου.

Betacode

*tw=: xwri\s tou= i a)nti\ tou= dio/. kai\ duikw=s e)pi\ qhlukou= kai\ a)rsenikou= kai\ ou)dete/rou.

The form without an iota (subscript) is an adverb or else a pronoun/adjective in the dual number. Either way, an acute accent is called for. See Apollonius Dyscolus' comment on the adverb in LSJ under tw=|: ou)/te perispa=tai ou)/te su\n tw=| i gra/fetai "it is written neither with a circumflex accent nor with an iota."
cf. a scholion on Sophocles, Electra 977, where tw/ occurs as the feminine dual definite article.
See also tau 875 (and delta 1135 for dio/).

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