"διότι" meaning in Ancient Greek

See διότι in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /di.ó.ti/, /ðiˈo.ti/, /ðiˈo.ti/, /di.ó.ti/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /diˈo.ti/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ðiˈo.ti/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ðiˈo.ti/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ðiˈo.ti/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: δῐότῐ [canonical], dĭótĭ [romanization]
Etymology: Univerbation of δι’ (di’), apocopic form of διά (diá, “because of”), and ὅτι (hóti, “that”, conjunction). Etymology templates: {{univerbation|grc}} Univerbation, {{glossary|apocopic}} apocopic Head templates: {{head|grc|conjunction|cat2=|head=δῐότῐ|head2=}} δῐότῐ • (dĭótĭ), {{grc-conjunction|δῐότῐ}} δῐότῐ • (dĭótĭ)
  1. because
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