τίνος

See also: τινός and τινος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tí.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.nos/

Pronoun

τῐ́νος • (tĭ́nos)

masculine/feminine/neuter genitive singular of τῐ́ς (tĭ́s)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τίνος (tínos), genitive singular of the interrogative pronoun: masculine, feminine τίς (tís) and of neuter τί (tí). Compare to the indefinite pronoun τίς (tís) with genitive τινός (tinós, “of/about someone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtinos/
Hyphenation: τί‧νος
Homophone: Τήνος (Tínos)

Pronoun

τίνος • (tínos) m (feminine τίνος, neuter τίνος) interrogative pronoun - plural: τίνων (tínon);

(formal, archaic) masculine/feminine/neuter genitive singular of τίς (tís)

Usage notes

Of the ancient interrogative pronoun τίς (tís); the forms τίνος (tínos), τίνων (tínon) and τι (ti) are used in Standard Modern Greek; all other forms are archaic, used in quotations and set phrases.