διότι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Univerbation of δι’ (di’), apocopic form of διά (diá, “because of”), and ὅτι (hóti, “that”, conjunction).

Pronunciation

 
 

Medial aspiration or "interaspiration" in compounds is a documented feature of ancient Greek before occlusive voiceless consonants (κ, π, τ → χ, φ, θ) if the second word of the compound is an aspirated vowel; however, the possibility of this in all the other cases cannot be ruled out: Attic inscriptions don't indicate it but it is occasionally found. Also, Roman inscriptions show an alternation of transcription's standards: this may indeed have been a feature of Greek speech itself[1]

Conjunction

δῐότῐ • (dĭótĭ)

  1. because

References

  1. ^ Allen, William Sidney (1987), Vox Graeca: A Guide to the Pronunciation of Classical Greek‎[1], 3rd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 52

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διότι (dióti).

Conjunction

διότι • (dióti)

  1. because, for

Synonyms

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