καίτοι
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Univerbation of καί (kaí) and τοι (toi).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kǎi̯.toi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.ty/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcɛ.ty/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈce.ty/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈce.ti/
Particle
[edit]καίτοι • (kaítoi) (discourse particle)
- and indeed, and further
- Used to introduce an objection by the speaker, often in rhetorical questions: and yet
Further reading
[edit]- “καίτοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “καίτοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “καίτοι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter