σα

σα

Grammatical information: interr. pron.

Meaning: = τίνα in σά μάν = τί μήν `how so?' (Megar. in Ar.Ach. 757, 784).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [646] *kʷi- `who?'

Etymology: Like Boeot. τά (Pi. O. 1, 82) from *κι̯-α, n. pl. of τί-ς `who?' = OLat. quia-nam `why?', IE *kʷi̯-h₂. Also in Ion. ἅ-σσα, Att. ἅ-ττα; s. Schwyzer 616 w. n. 8, 319 and on τίς.

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