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τούτος
this /ˈtu.tos/
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Also: this one, this very
Example sentences
Τούτο είναι το βιβλίο μου.
This is my book.
Τούτος ο δρόμος οδηγεί στη θάλασσα.
This road leads to the sea.
Τούτη η ιστορία μου θυμίζει την παιδική μου ηλικία.
This story reminds me of my childhood.
Με τούτον τον τρόπο, τίποτα δεν πρόκειται να αλλάξει.
This way, nothing is going to change.
Τούτος ο κόσμος κρύβει πολλά μυστικά που δεν θα μάθουμε ποτέ.
This world hides many secrets we will never learn.
Τούτων των γεγονότων ένεκα, η ιστορία της χώρας άλλαξε ριζικά.
Because of these events, the country's history changed radically.
Word family
τούτηthis (feminine)
τούτοthis (neuter)
εντούτοιςnevertheless
τουτέστι(ν)that is to say
αυτόςhe / this oneEtymology
Τούτος continues the ancient demonstrative οὗτος, τοῦτο, itself built from the old demonstrative stem ὁ, ἡ, τό fused with the intensive pronoun αὐτός, meaning 'self'. In Modern Greek the paradigm was leveled, so the oblique stem toyt- spread to the nominative, giving τούτος, τούτη, τούτο in place of the classical suppletive forms. The initial τ- traces back to the Proto-Indo-European demonstrative root that also underlies English 'that' and 'the'.
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