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1

Hello dear friends,

Can you please help me understanding the meaning of the particle τι in the following sentence:

ἔδει γὰρ εἶναί τι καὶ θῆλυ.

I would translate like this: “It was necessary that a woman also exists”; but this would be without the τι.

Thanks in advance.

2

For it was necessary that it should exist something feminine too.

3

“For there had to be (or there should have been) something female too.”

The τι is not actually a particle but the indefinite pronoun, neuter singular, here accusative.

4

Thank you, I know it’s not a particle, I made a mistake when I was writing.

Thanks a lot for your help.