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τίπτε

tipte

[adv

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Where it lives

Iliad 26 · 2.33/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Odyssey 17 · 1.96/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. τίπτε · tipte — Beekes

τίπτε [adv.] ‘why then? (Hom., A. Ag. 975 [lyr.]). «GR> *ETYM Various explanations have been given throughout time. Szemerényi assumed syncope from ti note (Szemerényi 1964: 218f.); Kretschmer compared τίπτε with Lat. mihi-pte, sud-pte, etc., others equated *tit-ne and Lat. quippe (e.g. Schwyzer: 266). Recently, Lillo Glotta 70 (1992): 15-19 brilliantly solved the problem by arguing that the word represents … — [Beekes, s.v. τίπτε, p. 1538]

2. τίπτε · tipte — Chantraine

τίπτε : pourquoi done ?» (Hom., Æsch. Ag. 975). Forme syncopée de τί ποτε qui paraît particulièrement justifiée dans une expression de ce genre. Voir Szemerényi, Syncope 218 sq., avec la critique des autres hypothèses. — [Chantraine, s.v. τίπτε, p. 1140]

3. τίπτε · tipte — Frisk

τίπτε “warum doch? (Hom., A. Ag. 975 [lyr.]). — Wohl aus τί ποτε synkopiert; s. zuletzt Szemerenyi Syncope 218f. mit Kritik anderer Ansichten (u. Lit.): zi-nre = lat. mihi-, suä-pte usw. (Kretschmer 31, 365) ; aus *rır-ze = lat. quippe (Schwyzer, z.B. 266). — [Frisk, s.v. τίπτε, p. 1875]

4. τίπτε · tipte — LSJ

In the wild

τίπτε · tipte Aeschylus, Agamemnon 975–983
τίπτε · tipte Aeschylus, Persians 554–557
τίπτε · tipte Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2549)
τίπτʼ · tiptʼ Iliad 1.202
τίφθʼ · tiphthʼ Iliad 10.141
τίφθʼ · tiphthʼ Iliad 10.37

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τίπτε (scan p. 1538; entry #6081).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τίπτε (scan p. 1140; entry #8028).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τίπτε (scan p. 1875; entry #5679).

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