I ran across αὑτηΐ a form of οὗτος.
I looked it up using Perseus and it told me it is
Nom. Sg. Fem. indeclform iota_intens.
(My quess would have been dative with the iota subscript being changed to adscript.)
I don't understand why they would call it indeclinable but I've noticed that with other words as well.
Now my request: Can someone tell me something about iota_intens(ifying?)
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I think it's just a peculiarity of the way Perseus categorizes its forms.
The -i suffix can be attached to the end of a demonstrative pronoun without changing the meaning a whole lot - as I understand it, it's used a lot in drama and oratory in sort of a deictic sense - that is, it points (δείκνυμι) at the person or thing being referred to.
So I imagine that Perseus has each of the possible forms with the -i ending attached categorized as a separate entry, which is why it calls it 'indeclinable', because each form itself - the form with the -i - is indeclinable. What declines is the demonstrative pronoun. (That would be my guess).
The -i suffix can be attached to the end of a demonstrative pronoun without changing the meaning a whole lot - as I understand it, it's used a lot in drama and oratory in sort of a deictic sense - that is, it points (δείκνυμι) at the person or thing being referred to.
So I imagine that Perseus has each of the possible forms with the -i ending attached categorized as a separate entry, which is why it calls it 'indeclinable', because each form itself - the form with the -i - is indeclinable. What declines is the demonstrative pronoun. (That would be my guess).
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Re: au(thi/+
Note that, from οὗτος., the feminine dative singular with an iota adscript should be ταύτηι.Bert wrote: (My quess would have been dative with the iota subscript being changed to adscript.)
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Re: au(thi/+
Oh yes. Of course.Skylax wrote:Note that, from οὗτος., the feminine dative singular with an iota adscript should be ταύτηι.Bert wrote: (My quess would have been dative with the iota subscript being changed to adscript.)