τι

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τι

   ti

   something
2. sentence🔊 περὶ οὗ ἀσφαλές τι γράψαι τῷ κυρίῳ οὐκ ἔχω διὸ προήγαγον αὐτὸν ἐφʼ ὑμῶν καὶ μάλιστα ἐπὶ σοῦ βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα ὅπως τῆς ἀνακρίσεως γενομένης σχῶ τί γράψω

   pe-RI hou as-pha-LES ti GRA-psai tôi ky-REE-ôi ouk E-khô di-O pro-Ê-ga-gon au-TON eph hy-MÔN kai MA-lis-ta e-PI sou ba-si-LEU a-GRIp-pa HO-pôs tês a-na-KRI-se-ôs ghe-no-ME-nês skhÔ TI GRA-psô

   about whom definite something to write to the lord not I have therefore I brought forward him before you all and especially before you king Agrippa so that of the examination having happened I may have what I may write

Exegesis

The structure ouk echō asphales ti grapsai tō kuriō {οὐκ ἔχω ἀσφαλές τι γράψαι τῷ κυρίῳ | ouk ékhō asphalés tí grápsai tôi kyríō} combines a negated verb of possession with an infinitival phrase, conveying Festus’s lack of sufficient, reliable content “to write to the lord,” here referring to the emperor as audience of the report.

This construction governs the subjunctive sequence schō ti grapsō {σχῶ τί γράψω | schō̂ tí grápsō} ‘I might have something I may write’, expressing Festus’s desired outcome: a legally substantiated charge suitable for imperial correspondence. The translation preserves the forensic tone by rendering kyrios as “lord” in a political sense and anakrisis as “examination” or “investigation,” while restructuring the long Greek sentence into clear, judicially flavored English.

Root and etymology

aitia🔊 αἰτίαalpha–iota–tau–iota–alpha

“charge, accusation”

• 🔊 αἰτίαaitíachargeActs 23:29
• 🔊 αἴτιοςaítiosresponsible, guiltyActs 19:40