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τοι
τοι
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Particle
τοι • (toi)
- (discourse particle, assuring the listener that what the speaker says is true, or implying the listener knows it is true) let me tell you, you see, certainly
Derived terms
References
- τοι (A) in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τοι in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «τοι» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «τοι» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- τοι in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- τοι 1 in Lexicon to Pindar by William J. Slater, De Gruyter, Berlin, 1969
Greek
Pronoun
τοι • (toi) m (weak personal)
- they (3rd person masculine plural, nominative)
Related terms
number | singular | plural | |||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd m | 3rd f | 3rd n | 1st | 2nd | 3rd m | 3rd f | 3rd n | ||
nominative | English | I | you | he | she | it | we | you | they | they | they |
strong 1 | εγώ 3 | εσύ 3 | αυτός | αυτή | αυτό | εμείς 3 | εσείς 3 | αυτοί | αυτές | αυτά | |
weak 2 | τος | τη | το | τοι | τες | τα | |||||
genitive | English | my | your | his | her | its | our | your | their | their | their |
strong | εμένα | εσένα | αυτού | αυτής | αυτού | εμάς | εσάς | αυτών | αυτών | αυτών | |
weak * | μου | σου | του | της | του | μας | σας | τους | τους | τους | |
accusative | English | me | you | him | her | it | us | you | them | them | them |
strong | εμένα 4 | εσένα 4 | αυτόν 5 | αυτήν 5 | αυτό | εμάς 4 | εσάς 4 | αυτούς | αυτές | αυτά | |
weak | με | σε | τον | την | το | μας | σας | τους | τις / τες 6 | τα | |
vocative | English | you | you | ||||||||
strong | εσύ | εσείς | |||||||||
* The possessive pronouns are the same as the genitive form of the weak personal pronoun.
1. Strong or emphatic personal pronouns are used to emphasise and are pronounced with greater stress. They can be used independently of a verb or other word. |