ὁτιή

ὁτιή (better [full] ὅτι ἢ, v. infr.), Conj., colloquial form of ὅτι B,

A because, E.Cyc.643, Eup.305, Ar.Eq.29, 34, 181, 236, etc.: folld. by

τί, ὁτιὴ τί

; 'cause why?

Id.Nu.784

; ὁτιὴ τί δή; ib.755. (The accentuation ὅτι ἢ is implied by A.D., who says

πρὸς πάντων συμφώνως ἀνεγνώσθη ἐν ὀξείᾳ τάσει τὸ ο ¯ Conj.256.2

, cf. Synt.307.22; only ὁτιὴ is found in codd., and Eust. has

οἱ Ἀττικοὶ ὀξυτόνως λέγουσι τιὴ καὶ ὁτιή 118.36

, cf. 45.4; cf.

ἦ 1.2

.)

2 more rarely, = ὅτι, that, Ar.Eq.360, Nu. 331, V.1395, Av.1010.