What does τις mean?

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ThatLanguageGuy
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What does τις mean?

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I have seen τις in Reading Greek today, and it says in earlier chapters that it means "what?" However, the sentence doesn't end in ; and I haven't any idea what it means. Note: I'm sorry I can't add accents, but this word doesn't have one. I'll put the passage below (without accents) it's usage in I.H

εστι δε εν τω πλοιω ραψωδος τις.

If anyone can help I would appreciate it greatly!

Victor
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Re: What does τις mean?

Post by Victor »

Your unaccented τις is indefinite rather than interrogative. Here it can be translated "a certain".

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