τοι

See also: τοί

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τ’ (t’) — apocopic

Etymology

A variant form of σοι (soi, “to you”), dative of σύ (sú, “thou”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /toi̯/ → /ty/ → /ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /toi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ty/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ty/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ty/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti/

Particle

τοι • (toi) (discourse particle)

1. (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

• ἤτοι (ḗtoi)
• καίτοι (kaítoi)
• μέντοι (méntoi)
• οὔτοι (oútoi)
• τοιγάρτοι (toigártoi)
• τοίνῡν (toínūn)

 

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • truly idem, page 898.
  • truth idem, page 899.
  • verily idem, page 948.
• τοι 1 in Lexicon to Pindar by William J. Slater, De Gruyter, Berlin, 1969

Greek

Pronoun

τοι • (toi) (weak personal)

1. they (3rd person masculine plural, nominative)

Related terms

Third person forms

Number (style)	singular (familiar)						plural (formal)
	strong			weak			strong			weak
	m	f	n	m	f	n	m	f	n	m	f	n
nominative	αυτός •	αυτή •	αυτό •	τος •	τη •	το •	αυτοί •	αυτές •	αυτά •	τοι •	τες •	τα •
genitive	αυτού •	αυτής •	αυτού •	του • †	της • †	του • †	αυτών •	αυτών •	αυτών •	τους • †	τους • †	τους • †
accusative	αυτόν •	αυτήν •	αυτό •	τον •	την •	το •	αυτούς •	αυτές •	αυτά •	τους •	τις •, τες •‡	τα •
There is no 3rd person vocative case. † These terms double as possessive pronouns. ‡ "τις" is used before a verb, "τες" after a verb..   All personal pronoun forms are displayed at εγώ (egó, “I”).