καίτοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Univerbation of καί (kaí) and τοι (toi).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kǎi̯.toi̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.ty/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcɛ.ty/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.ty/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈce.ti/

Particle

καίτοι • (kaítoi) (discourse particle)

and indeed, and further
Used to introduce an objection by the speaker, often in rhetorical questions: and yet

Further reading

“καίτοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“καίτοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“καίτοι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter

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