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διότι

dioti

because, for the reason that, since

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Where it lives

Malachias 16 · 115.19/10k
Sophonias 9 · 76.01/10k
Osee 28 · 74.27/10k
Zacharias 33 · 68.42/10k
Abdias 3 · 68.18/10k
Habacuc 7 · 63.99/10k
Michaeas 11 · 48.29/10k
Joel 7 · 45.45/10k
Aggaeus 4 · 43.96/10k
Nahum 4 · 43.34/10k
Amos 13 · 42.25/10k
Jonas 3 · 28.52/10k

Densest 12 of 99 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διότι · dioti — LSJ

because, for the reason that, since

because, for the reason that, since, Hdt. 1.44, 3.55, Th. 1.52, Thphr. Char. 17.4; οὐδὲ διʼ ἓν ἄλλο ἢ διότι . . Pl. Phd. 100c; answering to διὰ τί; Id. Plt. 310d, Amphis 14.6, Timocl. 2.4 D., etc.

2 wherefore, for what reason

indirect, wherefore, for what reason, φράσω διότι . . Hdt. 2.24; σκοπεῖν διότι . . Th. 1.77; ἐρωτᾶν διότι . . Henioch. 4.7.

II that

= ὅτι, that, Hdt. 2.43, 50, Isoc. 4.48, D. 12.18, Is. 3.50, Arist. Metaph. 1062a6, al., Phld. Ir. p.84 W.; τὸ δ. Arist. APr. 53b9: folld. by inf., Plb. 31.12.4, v.l. in D.S. 4.76.

In the wild

διότι · dioti Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1598)
διότι · dioti Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1707)
διότι · dioti Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 2035)
διότι · dioti Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1702)
διότι · dioti Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1719)
διότι · dioti Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1974)

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