I. Act. to pay a price by way of return, to pay a penalty (whereas tivw means to pay, honour), Hom. , Soph. , etc. :—also to pay a debt, acquit oneself of an obligation, tivsein ai[sima pavnta Od.; t. cavrin tiniv to render one thanks, Aesch. ; t. ijatroi`" misqovn Xen .:—also to pay for, repay, eujaggevlion Od.; trofav" tini Eur .:—with gen. of the thing for which one pays, t. ajmoibh;n bow`n tiniv to pay compensation for the oxen, Od.; also, t. plhgh;n ajnti; plhgh`" Aesch .:—but also with acc. of the thing for which one pays, the price being omitted, to pay or atone for a thing, tivnein u{brin Hom. ; t. mhtro;" divka" for thy mother, Eur. :—more rarely c. acc. pers., tivsei" gnwto;n to;n e[pefne" thou shalt make atonement for the son thou hast slain, Il.
2.
absol.
to make return
or
requital,
Solon,
Soph.
II.
Med.
to have a price paid one, make another pay for
a thing,
avenge oneself on
him,
to chastise, punish,
Lat.
poenas sumere de aliquo
,
c. acc.
pers.,
Hom.
,
Trag.
,
etc.
2. c. gen. criminis, tivsesqai jAlevxandron kakovthto" to punish him for his wickedness, Hom. , Hdt.
3.
c. acc.
rei,
to take vengeance for
a thing,
Hom.
4.
c.
dupl.
acc.
pers. et rei,
ejtivsato e[rgon ajeike;" ajntivqeon Nhlh`a
he made
Neleus
pay for
the misdeed,
visited
it
on
his head, Od.; also,
tivsasqaivtina divkhn
to exact
retribution
from
a person,
Eur.
5. absol. to repay oneself, take vengeance, Hom.
tiov
tiov tiov , imitation of a birds note, Ar.tivpote,
tivpote ; or tiv pote ; what or why, tell me? Lat. quid tandem ? Soph.tivpte,
tivpte ; Ep. syncop. form for tivpote ; Hom. , Aesch. :—before an aspirate, tivfqÆ Il.ti", TIS, tiv"
TIS , ti , Indef. Pron. any one, any thing, enclitic through all cases;—but tiv" ; tiv ; Interrog. Pron. who? what? oxyt. in nom. , parox. in other cases.
A. Indef. Pron. ti" , ti :— gen. tino" , Ion. teo, teu , Att. tou :— dat. tini , Ion. tew/ , Att. tw/ :— acc. tina, ti :—dual tine :— pl. tine" , neut. tina :— gen. tinwn , Ion. tewn :— dat. tisi, tisin :— acc. tina" , neut. tina . Any one, any thing, some one, some thing; and as Adj. any, some, and serving as the Indef. Art. a, an: in the latter case it agrees with its Subst. , fivlo" ti" a friend, qeov" ti" a god, i.e. not a man; in the former it is followed by gen. pl ., fivlwn ti" one of thy friends, qew`n ti" one of the gods.
II.
special usages:
1.
some one
(of many), i.e.
many a one,
w|de dev ti" ei[pesken
so
men
said,
Hom.
2.
any one concerned, each one,
Il.;
tou;" xummavcou" aujtovn tina kolavzein
that
every man
should himself chastise his own allies,
Thuc.
;
a[meinovn tino"
better than
any others,
Dem
.:—this is more fully expressed by adding other pronominal words,
ti" e{kasto"
Od.,
etc.
;
pa`" ti"
Hdt
.,
etc.
;
oujdeiv"
or
mhdeiv" ti"
Eur
.,
Xen.
3. in reference to a person, whom one avoids naming, dwvsei ti" divkhn some one I know will suffer, Ar. ; so euphem. for something bad, h[n ti poiw`men, h[n ti pavqwmen Thuc.
4.
indefinitely, where we say
they,
French
on,
misei` ti" ejkei`non
they
hate him,
Dem.
5.
ti", ti
, emphat. of a person or thing,
some great one, some great thing,
hu[cei" ti" ei\nai
you boasted that you were
somebody,
Eur
.;
dokou`si tine;" ei\nai
Dem
.;
khjgwvn ti" faivnomai h\me"
I too seem to be
somebody,
Theocr
.; so in
neut.
,
oi[ontaiv ti ei\nai
Plat
.; so,
levgein ti
to be near the