τις

See also: τίς and -τις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷis. Cognates include Latin quis and Hittite [script needed] (kuiš). Compare its interrogative form τίς (tís, “who?”).

Pronunciation
 

Pronoun

τῐς • (tis)

  1. (indefinite, masculine/feminine) someone, anyone, a certain one
  2. (indefinite, in neuter) something, anything, a certain thing

Inflection
Third declension of τις, τι
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case / Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative τις τι τινέ τινέ τινές τινά
Genitive τινός, του τινός, του τινοῖν τινοῖν τινῶν τινῶν
Dative τινί, τῳ τινί, τῳ τινοῖν τινοῖν τισί(ν) τισί(ν)
Accusative τινά τι τινέ τινέ τινάς τινά

See also
Ancient Greek correlatives (edit)
typeinterrogativeindefinite(medial)
demonstrative		proximal
demonstrative		distal
demonstrative		relativeindefinite
relative		identityother
basic τίςτις†ὁ, οὗτοςὅδεἐκεῖνοςὅςὅστιςὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμόςἕτερος, ἄλλος
dual πότεροςπότερος, ποτερόςὁπότερος
quality ποῖοςποιός†τοῖος, τοιοῦτοςτοιόσδεοἷοςὁποῖοςὅμοιοςἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος
quantity πόσοςποσός†τόσος, τοσοῦτοςτοσόσδεὅσοςὁπόσος
manner πῶςπως†τώς, †ὥς, οὕτωςὧδεὡςὅπωςὁμῶςἑτέρως, ἄλλως
method,
path
place		 πῇπῃτῇ, ταύτῃτῇδεἐκείνῃᾗὅπῃἄλλῃ
place ποῦ, †πόθιπου, †ποθίἐνταῦθαἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθιοὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθιὅπου, †ὁπόθιαὐτόθι, ὁμοῦἄλλοθι
source πόθενποθέν†τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθενἐκεῖθενὅθενὁπόθεν†ὁμόθενἄλλοθεν
destination ποῖ, †πόσεποιἔνθα, ἐνταῦθαἐνθάδεἐκεῖσεοἷὅποι, †ὁπόσεαὐτόσε, ὁμόσεἄλλοσε
time πότε, πῆμοςποτέ, ποτετότε, τῆμοςτημόσδεὅτε, ἦμοςὁπότε, †ὁππῆμοςἅμαἄλλοτε
exact time πηνίκαπηνίκα†τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτατηνικάδεἡνίκαὁπηνίκααὐτίκα
size, age πηλίκοςπηλίκος†τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτοςτηλικόσδεἡλίκοςὁπηλίκοςὁμῆλιξ
repetition ποσάκις, ποσίνδαποσάκιςτουτάκις, τόσακις†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκιςὁποσάκις
multiplication ποσαπλάσιοςὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων
order πόστοςποστόςὁπόστος
† Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose
Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions.

Further reading

Greek

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtis/
  • Homophone: της (tis)

Etymology 1

From Byzantine Greek τὲς (tès) of the 11th century, through morphological levelling of the accusative and nominative plurals.

Article

τις • (tis) f pl

  1. (definite) accusative feminine plural of ο (o) (the)
Declension
The definite article
number singular plural
gender m f n m f n
nominative ο η το οι οι τα
genitive του της του των των των
accusative το(ν)* τη(ν)* το τους τις τα
* The final "ν" is preserved before vowels, and the plosive/affricate consonants:
      κ, π, τ, ξ, ψ, μπ, ντ, γκ, τσ, τζ

1. Archaic forms are sometimes used in certain colloquial phrases, these include:
      τοις (tois), τας (tas)

Pronoun

τις • (tis) (weak personal pronoun)

  1. them (3rd person feminine plural, accusative; used before the verb)
Alternative forms
  • τες (tes) (used after the verb)
Third person forms
Number (style) singular (familiar) plural (formal)
strong weak strong weak
m f n m f n m f n m f n
nominative αυτός • αυτή • αυτό • τος • τη • το • αυτοί • αυτές • αυτά • τοι • τες • τα •
genitive αυτού • αυτής • αυτού • του • † της • † του • † αυτών • αυτών • αυτών • τους • † τους • † τους • †
accusative αυτόν • αυτήν • αυτό • τον • την • το • αυτούς • αυτές • αυτά • τους • τις •, τες •‡ τα •
  There is no 3rd person vocative case.
† These terms double as possessive pronouns.
‡ "τις" is used before a verb, "τες" after a verb..
  All personal pronoun forms are displayed at εγώ (egó, “I”).

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek τίς (tís).

Pronoun

τις • (tis) m (feminine τίς, neuter τι)  interrogative

  1. (archaic, formal, mostly in set phrases) who (what / which person or people)
    τις πταίει; ― tis ptaíei? ― who is at fault?
    τις ει; ― tis ei? ― who are you?
    τίνι τρόπω; ― tíni trópo? ― in what way?
    Τίνος είσαι 'συ; ― Tínos eísai 'sy? ― Whose are you? / Who do you belong to?
    (stereotypical phrase associated with elderly Greeks in small villages and communities to those they don't recognise)
Declension
declension of   'τις'
m·s f·s n·s m·p f·p n·p
nominative τις τις τι τίνες τίνες τίνα
genitive τίνος τίνος τίνος τίνων τίνων τίνων
accusative τίνα τίνα τι τίνας τίνας τίνα
vocative — — — — — —
Dative cases only used in set phrases in Modern Greek: τίνι (masculine, feminine, neuter singular), τίσι (masculine, feminine, neuter plural).
Synonyms
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