τόθι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τό (tó, “the”) +‎ -θῐ (-thĭ, “locative suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tó.tʰi/ → /ˈto.θi/ → /ˈto.θi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tó.tʰi/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈto.tʰi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈto.θi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈto.θi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈto.θi/

Adverb

τόθῐ • (tóthĭ)

1. there
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 15.239:

     τόθι γάρ νύ οἱ αἴσιμον ἦεν ναιέμεναι

     tóthi gár nú hoi aísimon êen naiémenai

     For there it was appointed him to dwell.

   • 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Apollo 244:

     βῆς δ’ ἐπὶ Τελφούσης: τόθι τοι ἅδε χῶρος ἀπήμων τεύξασθαι νηόν τε καὶ ἄλσεα δενδρήεντα

     bês d’ epì Telphoúsēs: tóthi toi háde khôros apḗmōn teúxasthai nēón te kaì álsea dendrḗenta

     Then you went to Telphusa: and there the pleasant place seemed fit for making a temple and wooded grove.

2. (relative) where
   • Homeric Hymn to Pan 25:

     λιγυρῇσιν ἀγαλλόμενος φρένα μολπαῖς ἐν μαλακῷ λειμῶνι, τόθι κρόκος ἠδ’ ὑάκινθος εὐώδης θαλέθων καταμίσγεται ἄκριτα ποίῃ

     ligurêisin agallómenos phréna molpaîs en malakôi leimôni, tóthi krókos ēd’ huákinthos euṓdēs thaléthōn katamísgetai ákrita poíēi

     He delights in high-pitched songs in a soft meadow where crocuses and sweet-smelling hyacinths bloom at random in the grass.

Synonyms

• αὖθι (aûthi)
• αὐτόθι (autóthi)
• αὐτοῦ (autoû)
• ἐκεῖ (ekeî)
• ἐκεῖθι (ekeîthi)
• ἐκείνῃ (ekeínēi)
• ἔνθα (éntha)
• ἐπ’ αὐτόφι (ep’ autóphi)
• τῆ (tê)
• τηνεῖ (tēneî)

Related terms

• ὅθι (hóthi)
• πόθι (póthi)
• τόθεν (tóthen)
• τότε (tóte)

References

• “τόθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press