τίνος

See also: τινός and τινος

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τίνος (tínos), genitive singular of the interrogative pronoun: masculine, feminine τίς (tís) and of neuter τί (). 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);

  1. (in the singular) whose? As in Ancient Greek:
    1. (formal, archaic) Genitive masculine singular form of τίς (tís).; (monotonic: τις;)
    2. (formal, archaic) Genitive feminine singular form of τίς (tís).; (monotonic: τις;)
    3. (formal, archaic) Genitive neuter singular form of τί ().; (monotonic: τι;)

Usage notes

  • Of the ancient interrogative pronoun τίς (tís); the forms τίνος; plural τίνων; and the neuter τι; are used in Standard Modern Greek as well. All other forms are archaic, used in quotations and set phrases.

Synonyms

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