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iota demonstrativum

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What it meant — LSJ

1. · -i

iota demonstrativum

iota demonstrativum, in familiar Att. (not in Trag.), is attached to demonstr. Prons., to strengthen their force, and as it were point out the individual, as οὑτοσί, αὑτηΐ, τουτί, ἐκεινοσί, ὁδί, ταδί, τοσουτονί, τοσονδί, τυννουτοσί, etc.; also with the Particles γε δέ μέν inserted, as τουτογί, τουτοδί, ταυτηνδί, τῃδεδί, τουτουμενί, for τουτί γε, ταυτηνὶ δέ, etc.: also to demonstr. Advs., as οὑτωσί, ὡδί, ἐνθαδί, δευρί, νυνί, and νυνδί for νυνὶ δέ.—Of these forms, such as end in σί are sts. writte

2. · hi

sui, sibi ipsi

sui (q.v.), S. Fr. 471, cj. Wackernagel in Il. 24.608, Bekk. in Pl. Smp. 175c, 223d: dat. ἳν αὐτῷ, sibi ipsi, Hes. Fr. 11; ἱν (enclit.) prob. in Pi. P. 4.36; ϝὶν αὐτῷ Leg.Gort. 2.40. [ῑ S. l.c., ῐν Pi. l.c.]

3. · hi

4. · i

or

or, before a vowel, Inscr.Cypr. 135.24H.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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