# ἐκεῖθι
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* κεῖθι (keîthi)
* κῆθι (kêthi) — Aeolic
* τηνόθι (tēnóthi) — Doric

### Etymology

From ἐκεῖ (ekeî, “yonder”) +‎ -θι (-thi, “at”). The expected distal place demonstrative reflex is ἐκεῖ (ekeî), while this is the extended form analogous to ἐνταῦθα (entaûtha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.keː.tʰi/ → /e.ci.θi/ → /e.ci.θi/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /e.keː.tʰi/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /e.ki.tʰi/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /e.ci.θi/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /e.ci.θi/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /e.ci.θi/

### Adverb

ἐκεῖθῐ • (ekeîthi) (poetic)
* there
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.10:τὸν ξεῖνον δύστηνον ἄγ’ ἐς πόλιν, ὄφρ’ ἂν ἐκεῖθι δαῖτα πτωχεύῃtòn xeînon dústēnon ág’ es pólin, óphr’ àn ekeîthi daîta ptōkheúēiLead this wretched stranger to the city, that there he may beg his food.

#### Usage notes

κεῖθι (keîthi) is the regular form in Homer; ἐκεῖθι is used only once, in the cited example.

#### Synonyms

* ἐκεῖ (ekeî)
* ἔνθα (éntha)
* τόθι (tóthi)
* αὐτοῦ (autoû)

#### Related terms

* ἐκεῖθεν (ekeîthen)
* ἐκεῖσε (ekeîse)

#### See also

| type | interrogative | indefinite | (medial) demonstrative | proximal demonstrative | distal demonstrative | relative | indefinite relative | identity | other |
| basic | τίς | τις, ἔνιοι | †ὁ, οὗτος | ὅδε | ἐκεῖνος | ὅς | ὅστις | ὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμός | ἕτερος, ἄλλος |
| dual | πότερος | πότερος, ποτερός | | | | ὁπότερος | ὁπότερος | | |
| quality | ποῖος | ποιός | †τοῖος, τοιοῦτος | τοιόσδε | | οἷος | ὁποῖος | ὅμοιος | ἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος |
| quantity | πόσος | ποσός | †τόσος, τοσοῦτος | τοσόσδε | | ὅσος | ὁπόσος | | |
| manner | πῶς | πως | †τώς, †ὥς, οὕτως | ὧδε | | ὡς | ὅπως | ὁμῶς | ἑτέρως, ἄλλως |
| method, path, place | πῇ | πῃ | τῇ, ταύτῃ | τῇδε | ἐκείνῃ | ᾗ | ὅπῃ | | ἄλλῃ |
| place | ποῦ, †πόθι | που, †ποθι | ἐνταῦθα | ἐνθάδε | ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι | οὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθι | ὅπου, †ὁπόθι | αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ | ἄλλοθι |
| source | πόθεν | ποθεν | †τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν | ἐνθένδε | ἐκεῖθεν | ὅθεν | ὁπόθεν | †ὁμόθεν | ἄλλοθεν |
| destination | ποῖ, †πόσε | ποι | ἔνθα, ἐνταῦθα | ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο | ἐκεῖσε | οἷ | ὅποι, †ὁπόσε | αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε | ἄλλοσε |
| time | πότε, πῆμος | ποτέ, ποτε, τοτέ, ἐνίοτε | τότε, τῆμος | τημόσδε | | ὅτε, ἦμος | ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος | ἅμα | ἄλλοτε |
| exact time | πηνίκα | | †τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα | τηνικάδε | | ἡνίκα | ὁπηνίκα | αὐτίκα | |
| duration of time | | | τέως | | | ἕως | | | |
| size, age | πηλίκος | πηλίκος | †τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος | τηλικόσδε | | ἡλίκος | ὁπηλίκος | ὁμῆλιξ | |
| repetition | ποσάκις, ποσίνδα | ποσάκις | τουτάκις, τοσάκις | | | †ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις | ὁποσάκις | | |
| multiplication | ποσαπλάσιος | | | | | ὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων | | | |
| order | πόστος | ποστός | | | | | ὁπόστος | | |
| † Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions. ||||||||||

### Further reading

* “ἐκεῖθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ἐκεῖθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “ἐκεῖθι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* ἐκεῖθι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* ἐκεῖθι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* ἐκεῖθι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)