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τῶν πραγμάτων ὁτιὴ μόνος τὸν ζωμὸν ἐκροφήσει.
The construction τῶν πραγμάτων ὁτιὴ functions as a genitive of cause or respect governing the implied 'because' or 'in that' sense of ὁτιὴ (a dialectal or poetic variant of ὅτι ἦ or ὅτι ἔστι), creating a causal clause that explains the reasoning behind the preceding action. The use of ὁτιὴ here, particularly with the elision and dialectal coloring typical of Old Comedy, is syntactically distinct from standard Attic prose usage and requires attention to the specific rhythmic and metrical constraints of the iambic trimeter which may influence the particle's form.
Knights. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.