A.because, E.Cyc.643, Eup.305, Ar.Eq.29, 34, 181, 236, etc.: folld. by “τί, ὁτιὴ τί” ; 'cause why? Id.Nu.784; ὁτιὴ τί δή; ib.755. (The accentuation ὅτι ἢ is implied by A.D., who says “πρὸς πάντων συμφώνως ἀνεγνώσθη ἐν ὀξείᾳ τάσει τὸ ο_” Conj.256.2, cf. Synt.307.22; only ὁτιὴ is found in codd., and Eust. has “οἱ Ἀττικοὶ ὀξυτόνως λέγουσι τιὴ καὶ ὁτιή” 118.36, cf. 45.4; cf. “ἦ” 1.2.)
ὁτιή (better ὅτι ἢ, v. infr.), Conj., colloquial form of ὅτι B,