τίη

tie

why? wherefore?

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 5
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Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15326
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16421
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17375
Book 19 2
Chapter ?

19482
19500

Dictionary (LSJ)

τίη, better τί ἢ (A.D. Conj. 255.8, 256.3), Att. (?) τιή (v. infr.), strengthd. form of τί; A. why? wherefore? Il. 1.365, 6.145,al., Hes. Th. 35, and Att. Comedy: folld. by a Particle, τίη δὲ . . ; Il. 6.55, 15.244, Od. 16.421, al.; τίη δὴ . . ; Il. 21.436; doubled, τιὴ τί δή; standing alone, why so, tell me? Ar. V. 1155, Pax 1018, Th. 84. (The oxyt. τιή is called Att. by Eust. 118.36, cf. 45.4, but was unknown to A.D. and is prob. a fiction; τίη and τιὴ are dub. ll. in Ar. Ach. 826; cf. ἦ I.2, ὁτιή.)

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