διότι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Univerbation of δι’ (di’), apocopic form of διά (diá, “because of”), and ὅτι (hóti, “that”, conjunction).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ó.ti/ → /ðiˈo.ti/ → /ðiˈo.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ó.ti/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈo.ti/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈo.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈo.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈo.ti/

Conjunction

δῐότῐ • (dĭótĭ)

1. because

References

• “διότι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διότι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διότι in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διότι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G1360 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • as idem, page 42.
  • because idem, page 68.
  • for idem, page 334.
  • since idem, page 777.
  • that idem, page 863.
  • why idem, page 978.

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διότι (dióti).

Conjunction

διότι • (dióti)

1. because, for

Synonyms

• γιατί (giatí)
• επειδή (epeidí)