τίνων

See also: τινων and τινῶν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tí.nɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.non/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.non/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.non/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.non/

Pronoun

τίνων • (tínōn)

genitive plural of τίς (tís)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τίνων (tínōn), genitive plural of the interrogative pronoun: masculine, feminine τίς (tís) and of neuter τί (tí). Compare to the indefinite pronoun τίς (tís) with genitive τινῶν (tinôn, “of/about some people”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtinon/
Hyphenation: τί‧νων

Pronoun

τίνων • (tínon) m (feminine τίνων, neuter τίνων) interrogative pronoun - singular: τίνος (tínos)

(in the plural) whose? plural of τίνος (tínos) As in Ancient Greek:
1. (formal, archaic) Genitive masculine plural form of τίς (tís).; (monotonic: τις;)
2. (formal, archaic) Genitive feminine plural form of τίς (tís).; (monotonic: τις;)
3. (formal, archaic) Genitive neuter plural form of τί (tí).; (monotonic: τι;)

Usage notes

Of the ancient interrogative pronoun τίς (tís); the forms τίνος; plural τίνων; and the neuter τι; are used in Standard Modern Greek as well. All other forms are archaic, used in quotations and set phrases.

Synonyms

ποιων (poion);
ποιανών (poianón); (colloquial)

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