τινι

tìs

a certain

An enclitic indefinite pronoun denoting an unspecified or unidentified person or thing; used to indicate 'someone,' 'anyone,' or 'a certain one.' While its primary sense is 'a certain (person or thing),' it also functions in a nonspecific or generalizing way, expressing indefiniteness in statements and questions. Context determines whether it should be rendered as 'someone,' 'anyone,' 'a certain one,' 'anything,' or 'some.'

G5100

Luke 18:2 · Word #6

Lexicon G5100

Lemmaτὶς
Transliterationtìs
Strong'sG5100
DefinitionAn enclitic indefinite pronoun denoting an unspecified or unidentified person or thing; used to indicate 'someone,' 'anyone,' or 'a certain one.' While its primary sense is 'a certain (person or thing),' it also functions in a nonspecific or generalizing way, expressing indefiniteness in statements and questions. Context determines whether it should be rendered as 'someone,' 'anyone,' 'a certain one,' 'anything,' or 'some.'

Morphology QUAN DAT F SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech QUAN — Quantifier — Indicates amount
Case DAT — Dative — Indirect object, means, or location
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number SG — Singular — One

Common Translation

Phrasea certain
Literala certain

Lexical Info

Lemmaτις
Strong'sG5100

SIBI-P1 Translation G5100-05

to someone

Morphological NotesEnclitic indefinite pronoun; dative singular (masculine/neuter form τίνι), functioning as indirect object or reference.
Rendering RationaleThe enclitic indefinite pronoun denotes an unspecified person or thing; in the dative singular it expresses indirect object or reference, hence "to someone" as a concise preservation of its indefinite force and case.

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