ἐικεῖ δ' οἰκεῖ ὁ Μινώταυρος,

[SpeedPocok5]

ἐικεῖ δ' οἰκεῖ ὁ Μινώταυρος, θήριόν τι δεινόν,

In this sentence the particle "δ' " what particle is
Another question, why in θήριόν τι δεινόν, there is a τι?

What means θήριόν τι δεινόν, ?
What is the function of the τι in the sentence?
Any help Pacifica.?

 

[Dantius]

The δ' is the same as δε (it can lose the ε before a vowel).

τις, τι (no accent) is indefinite, meaning "some(one), some(thing)". So here, θήριόν τι δεινόν means "some/a certain terrible beast", but it's better to translate it as just "a terrible beast".

 

[SpeedPocok5]

The δ' is the same as δε (it can lose the ε before a vowel).

τις, τι (no accent) is indefinite, meaning "some(one), some(thing)". So here, θήριόν τι δεινόν means "some/a certain terrible beast", but it's better to translate it as just "a terrible beast".

Thanks, another question, why in the sentence minotauros it's in nominative if we translate the sentence like that: "there lives the Minotaur" so is it Minotaur an atribute? Does the verb οικω goes with an atribute?

 

[Pacifica]

"there lives the Minotaur" so is it Minotaur an atribute?

No, it's the subject.

Who lives there? The Minotaur. The Minotaur "does" the verb, so it's the subject.