‘διὰ τί
Lemma: διά τί
Definition
“Why?”; “for what reason?”—an interrogative phrase used to ask the cause or purpose of something.
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Grammatical Analysis
"‘διὰ τί"
Διὰ: {'part_of_speech': 'preposition', 'governs_case': 'genitive or accusative (form here is ambiguous without context)', 'basic_functions': {'with_genitive': 'through (space/time), by means of', 'with_accusative': 'because of, on account of; for the sake of'}}
Τί: {'part_of_speech': 'interrogative pronoun', 'type': 'interrogative (τίς/τί)', 'case': 'nominative or accusative (neuter singular; identical in form)', 'number': 'singular', 'gender': 'neuter', 'declension': '3rd declension (interrogative pronoun)'}
Phrase level note: {'construction': 'διὰ τί', 'function': "interrogative phrase meaning 'why? / for what reason?' (typically with διά + accusative, i.e., διὰ τί = 'on account of what?')"}
Related Forms of διά τί
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