Lexical Definition

‎ταύτῃ‎ taútēi (tow'-tay) her G:D
dative case, accusative case and genitive case respectively of the feminine singular of ‎οὗτος‎

her, + hereof, it, that, + thereby, the (same), this (same).

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form of: οὗτος

ταύτῃ, αὕτη, τοῦτο,

genitive τούτου, ταύτης, τούτου, etc.: the dual feminine never in Attic dialect, see , , τό, [near the start]:—demonstrative pronoun, this, common from [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__A ORIGIN and FORMS: ταύτῃ, αὕτη, τοῦτο probably arose from a reduplication of the demonstrative , , τό with insertion of -υ- (= Sanskrit Particle u), e.g. ταῦτα from τα-υ-τα: Doric dialect genitive singular feminine τούτας [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc., the latter is uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+], as genitive singular neuter οὕτω [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; accusative singular feminine οὕταν [Refs 6th c.BC+] —In _Attic dialect_ ταύτῃ was frequently strengthened by the _demonstrative_ -, οὑτοσί, αὑτηί, τουτί, _genitive_ τουτουί, _dative_ τουτῳί, _accusative_ τουτονί; plural nominative οὑτοιί, neuter ταυτί, etc., this man here: sometimes a Particle is inserted between the pronoun and -, as αὑτηγί for αὑτηί γε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τουτογί for τουτί γε, [Refs]; ταυταγί for ταυτί γε, [Refs]; τουτοδί for τουτὶ δέ, [Refs]; τουτουμενί for τουτουὶ μέν, [Refs] —In codices the ν ἐφελκυστικόν is sometimes added in the forms οὑτοσίν, οὑτωσίν, and οὑτοσίν is said to be Attic dialect by [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. [This ι is always long, and a long vowel or diphthong before it becomes short, as αὑτη?\~X, τουτω?\~X, οὑτοῐί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B USAGE in regard to CONCOR[ταύτῃ">Refs 4th c.BC+] is frequently used as a pronoun substantive: hence neuter is followed by genitive, κατὰ τοῦτο τῆς ἀκροπόλιος [Refs 5th c.BC+] adjective, in which case its substantive commonly takes the Article, ταύτῃ ἀνήρ or ἀνὴρ ταύτῃ.—But the Article is absent,
__B.1 always in Epic dialect Poets (except [ταύτῃ ἀνήρ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.471, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.406, etc.">Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes also in Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 sometimes when the Noun is so specified that the Article is not needed, ἐς γῆν ταύτην.., ἥντινα νῦν Σκύθαι νέμονται [ταύτῃ, ὃν θρηνεῖς ἀεί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 530. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.3 when ταύτῃ is used in local sense, here, see below with [Refs]
__B.4 when the Noun with which ταύτῃ agrees stands as its Predicate, αὕτη γὰρ ἦν σοι πρόφασις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δικαστοῦ αὕτη ἀρετή [ἐστι] [Refs 5th c.BC+] these were the grievances which already existed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταύτην φήμην παρέδοσαν this was the report which.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] this was notably the greatest movement which.., [NT+5th c.BC+]
__B.5 when 3rd pers. is used for 2nd pers. to express contempt, ταύτῃ ἀνήρ, οὑτοσὶ ἀνήρ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II though ταύτῃ usually agrees with the Noun that serves as Predicate, it is not rare to find it in the neuter, μανία δὲ καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἐστί [Refs 5th c.BC+]: and in plural, οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτα ἀρχή [Refs 4th c.BC+]: so with an explanatory clause added, τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν συκοφάντης, αἰτιᾶσθαι μὲν πάντα ἐξελέγξαι δὲ μηδέν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 so also with a Noun in apposition, τούτοισιν μὲν ταῦτα μέλει, κίθαρις καὶ ἀοιδή [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.II.3 the neuter also may refer to a masculine or feminine Noun, καρπὸν φορέει κυάμῳ ἴσον: τοῦτο ἐπεὰν γένηται πέπον κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.4 the neuter is also used of classes of persons, μελιτοπῶλαι καὶ τυροπῶλαι: τοῦτο δ᾽ εἰς ἕν ἐστι συγκεκυφός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; or of an abstract fact, οὐκ Ἰοφῶν ζ;—τοῦτο γάρ τοι καὶ μόνον ἔτ᾽ ἐστὶ λοιπὸν ἀγαθόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III with Prons.,
__B.III.1 personal, ταύτῃ σύ, in local sense, see below
__B.III.2 interrogative, τί τοῦτ᾽ ἔλεξα; what is this that.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποίοισι τούτοι; for ποῖά ἐστι ταῦτα οἷς [ἔχεις ἐλπίδα]; [Refs]; Νέστορ᾽ ἔρειο ὅν τινα τοῦτον ἄγει whom he brings here, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.III.3 with οἷος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.III.4 possessive, πατὴρ σὸς ταύτῃ this father of thine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.5 demonstrative, ταύτῃ ἐκεῖνος, τὸν σὺ ζητέεις, where ἐκεῖνος is the Predicate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτον τὸν αὐτὸν ἄνδρα this same man, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.5.b exceptionally, Διφίλου ταύτῃ ὅδ᾽ ἐστὶ τύπος [Refs]
__B.III.6 ἄλλος τις ταύτῃ ἀνέστη another man here, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.IV with Numerals, τέθνηκε ταῦτα τρία ἔτη these three years, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [στρατείαν] ἑνδέκατον μῆνα τουτονὶ ποιεῖται for these eleven months, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C SIGNIFICATION AND SPECIAL IDIOMS:
__C.I this, to designate the nearer, opposed to ἐκεῖνος, that, the more remote, ταῦτα, like τὰ ἐνταῦθα, things round and about us, earthly things, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ὅδε [near the start]: but ταύτῃ sometimes indicates that which is not really nearest, but most important, δεῖ.. τὸ βέλτιστον ἀεί, μὴ τὸ ῥᾷστον λέγειν: ἐπὶ ἐκεῖνο μὲν γὰρ φύσις αὐτὴ βαδιεῖται, ἐπὶ τοῦτο δὲ κτλ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.I.2 when, of two things, one precedes and the other follows, ὅδε properly refers to what follows, ταύτῃ to what precedes, οὐκ ἔστι σοι ταῦτ᾽, ἀλλά σοι τάδ᾽ ἔστι [ταύτῃ">Refs 5th c.BC+] refers to what follows, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔκουν.. τοῦτο γιγνώσκεις, ὅτι..; [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.I.3 ταύτῃ is used emphatic, generally in contempt, while ἐκεῖνος denotes praise, πάντ᾽ ἄναλκις ταύτῃ, i.e. Aegisthus, [ταύτῃ of Aeschines, ἐκεῖνος">Refs 5th c.BC+] of Philip; but ταύτῃ is used of Philip, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.I.3.b of what is familiar, τούτους τοὺς πολυτελεῖς χιτῶνας, of the Persians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ θυλακῶδες τοῦτο the familiar bag-like thing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.I.4 in Attic dialect law-language, ταύτῃ is commonly applied to the opponent, whether plaintiff (as in [Refs 4th c.BC+] or defendant (as in [Refs]; so, in the political speeches of [Refs 4th c.BC+] are the opposite party, [Refs], etc.; but in the forensic speeches, οὗτοι frequently means the judges, the court, [Refs]
__C.I.5 much like an adverb, in local sense (compare ὅδε [near the start]), τίς δ᾽ ταύτῃ κατὰ νῆας.. ἔρχεα; who art thou here that comest.. ? [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently in Attic dialect, τίς οὑτοσ; who's this here? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλὰ ὁρῶ ταῦτα πρόβατα I see many sheep here, [ταύτῃ σύ">Refs 5th c.BC+] ho you! you there! [ταύτῃ alone like a \_vocative\_, ταύτῃ, τί ποιεῖ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 911,compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 71, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 773, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 240, “Nu.” 220, +others">Refs 5th c.BC+]: with a proper name, ταύτῃ, Αἴας [ταύτῃ ταύτῃ, Οἰδίπους [prev. author] “OC” 1627, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1364: with \_vocative\_, βέντισθ᾽ ταύτῃ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.76:—the \_feminine\_ is rarer, αὕτη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 922; αὕτη σύ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 610.">Refs 5th c.BC+] —This phrase mostly implies anger, impatience, or scorn.
__C.II simply as antecedent to ὅς, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.III = τοιοῦτος, ταύτῃ ἐγὼ ταχυτᾶτι [ταύτῃ εὑρέθης 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.282, compare 173. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.IV after a parenthesis, the Subject, though already named, is frequently emphatic repeated by ταύτῃ, οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ Ἀριστέης.., οὐδὲ ταύτῃ προσωτέρω.. ἔφησε ἀπικέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.V καὶ ταύτῃ is added to heighten the force of a previous word, ξυνεστῶτες.. ναυτικῷ ἀγῶνι, καὶ τούτῳ πρὸς Ἀθηναίους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see infr. VIII.2.
__C.VI repeated, where for the second we should merely say he or it, τοῖσιν τούτου τοῦτον μέλεσιν.. κελαδοῦντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.VII ταῦτα is used in some special phrases,
__C.VII.1 ταῦτ᾽, δέσποτα yes Sir (i. e. ἔστι ταῦτα, ταῦτα δράσω, etc.), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so also ἦν ταῦτα even so, true, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.VII.2 ταῦτα μὲν δὴ ὑπάρξει so it shall be, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.VII.3 καὶ ταῦτα μὲν δὴ ταῦτα so much for that, frequently in Attic dialect, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.VII.4 ταῦτα at end of a formula in epitaphs, etc., probably short for ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει or βίος ταῦτά ἐστιν, e.g. οὐδὶς (= -εὶς) ἀθάνατος: ταῦτα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__C.VIII Adverbial usages:
__C.VIII.1 ταῦταabsolutely, therefore, that is why.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αὐτὰ ταῦτα ἥκω, ἵνα.. [Refs 5th c.BC+] is rare in this sense, τοῦτ᾽ ἀφικόμην, ὅπως.. εὖ πράξαιμί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτὸ γὰρ τοῦτο just because of this, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.VIII.1.b πρὸς ταῦτα so then, therefore, properly used in indignant defiance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.VIII.2 καὶ ταῦτα, adding a circumstance heightening the force of what has been said, and that, ἄνδρα γενναῖον θανεῖν, καὶ ταῦτα πρὸς γυναικός [Refs 4th c.BC+]: but mostly with a participle, ὅς γ᾽ ἐξέλυσας ἄστυ.., καὶ ταῦθ᾽ ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν οὐδὲν ἐξειδὼς πλέον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; or with a participle omitted, ἥτις.. τὴν τεκοῦσαν ὕβρισεν, καὶ ταῦτα τηλικοῦτος (i.e. οὖσα) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.VIII.2.b καὶ ταῦτα anyhow, no matter what happens (or happened), ἐπεχείρησας, οὐδὲν ὢν καὶ ταῦτα you tried, but were no good anyhow, i.e. try as you might, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.VIII.3 τοῦτο μέν.., τοῦτο δέ.. on the one hand.., on the other.., partly.., partly.., very frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτο μέν is sometimes answered by δέ only,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; by δὲ αὖ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; by ἔπειτα δέ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; by ἀλλά, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; by εἶτα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; by τοῦτ᾽ αὖθις, [Refs]
__C.VIII.4 dative feminine ταύτῃ,
__C.VIII.4.a on this spot, here, ταύτῃ μὲν.., τῇδε δ᾽ αὖ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.VIII.4.b in this point, herein, μηδὲν ταύτῃ γε κομήσῃς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.VIII.4.c in this way, thus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to ὅπῃ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταύτῃ καλεῖσθαι, etc., like οὕτω κ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.VIII.5 ἐκ τούτου or τούτων thereupon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; therefore, [Refs]
__C.VIII.6 ἐν τούτῳ in that case, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.VIII.6.b in the meantime, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.VIII.7 πρὸς τούτοις (-οισι) besides, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.2.2