τίη

A. why? wherefore? Il. 1.365, 6.145,al., Hes. Th. 35, and Att. Comedy: folld. by a Particle, τίη δὲ . .; Il. 6.55, 15.244, Od. 16.421, al.; τίη δὴ . .; Il. 21.436; doubled, τιὴ τί δή; standing alone, why so, tell me? Ar. V. 1155, Pax 1018, Th. 84. (The oxyt. τιή is called Att. by Eust. 118.36, cf. 45.4, but was unknown to A.D. and is prob. a fiction; τίη and τιὴ are dub. ll. in Ar. Ach. 826; cf. ἦ 1.2, ὁτιή.)