οτι | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Conjunction and complementizer meaning “that,” introducing a statement or reported speech/thought. Also used causally as “because, since,” giving the reason for something.

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Grammatical Analysis

"οτι"

Form: οτι

Normalized: ὅτι / ὅ,τι

Type: subordinating

Function: introduces a content clause ('that') or a causal clause ('because'); also used as a relative/interrogative compound ὅ,τι = 'whatever, anything that'

Note on accent: as written without accent (οτι), the form is ambiguous between ὅτι ('that/because') and ὅ,τι ('whatever'); accentuation and context determine which

Related Forms of ὅτι

3 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ὅτι conjunction / (occasionally) neuter nominative/acc... ὅτι conjunction hoti conjunction

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