τίνος

See also: τινός and τινος

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τίνος (tínos), genitive singular of the interrogative pronoun: masculine, feminine τίς (tís) and of neuter τί (tí). Compare to the indefinite pronoun τίς (tís) with genitive τινός (tinós, “of/about someone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtinos/
• Hyphenation: τί‧νος
• Homophone: Τήνος (Tínos)

Pronoun

τίνος • (tínos) m (feminine τίνος, neuter τίνος)  interrogative pronoun - plural: τίνων (tínon);

1. (in the singular) whose? As in Ancient Greek:
   1. (formal, archaic) Genitive masculine singular form of τίς (tís).; (monotonic: τις;)
   2. (formal, archaic) Genitive feminine singular form of τίς (tís).; (monotonic: τις;)
   3. (formal, archaic) Genitive neuter singular form of τί (tí).; (monotonic: τι;)

Usage notes

• Of the ancient interrogative pronoun τίς (tís); the forms τίνος; plural τίνων; and the neuter τι; are used in Standard Modern Greek as well. All other forms are archaic, used in quotations and set phrases.

Synonyms

• ποιου (poiou) (masculine and neuter)
• ποιανού (poianoú) (masculine and neuter, colloquial)
• ποιας (poias) (feminine)
• ποιανής (poianís) (feminine, colloquial)