διότι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Univerbation of δι’ (di’), apocopic form of διά (diá, “because of”), and ὅτι (hóti, “that”, conjunction).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ó.ti/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈo.ti/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈo.ti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈo.ti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈo.ti/

Conjunction

δῐότῐ • (dióti)

because

References

“διότι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“διότι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
διότι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
διότι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
G1360 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- as idem, page 42.
- because idem, page 68.
- for idem, page 334.
- since idem, page 777.
- that idem, page 863.
- why idem, page 978.

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διότι (dióti).

Conjunction

διότι • (dióti)

because, for

Synonyms

γιατί (giatí)
επειδή (epeidí)

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