ἔθος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ἔθω (éthō). Cognate to Sanskrit स्वधा (svadhā́, “habit, custom”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.θos/
Noun
editἔθος • (éthos) n (genitive ἔθους or ἔθεος); third declension
- habit, custom, manner
- disposition, temper
- habitually, customarily (in dative)
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἔθος tò éthos |
τὼ ἔθει tṑ éthei |
τᾰ̀ ἔθη tà éthē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἔθους toû éthous |
τοῖν ἐθοῖν toîn ethoîn |
τῶν ἐθῶν tôn ethôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἔθει tôi éthei |
τοῖν ἐθοῖν toîn ethoîn |
τοῖς ἔθεσῐ / ἔθεσῐν toîs éthesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἔθος tò éthos |
τὼ ἔθει tṑ éthei |
τᾰ̀ ἔθη tà éthē | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔθος éthos |
ἔθει éthei |
ἔθη éthē | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἔθος tò éthos |
τὼ ἔθει / ἔθεε tṑ éthei / éthee |
τᾰ̀ ἔθεᾰ tà éthea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἔθεος / ἔθευς toû étheos / étheus |
τοῖν ἐθέοιν toîn ethéoin |
τῶν ἐθέων tôn ethéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἔθει / ἔθεῐ̈ tôi éthei / étheï |
τοῖν ἐθέοιν toîn ethéoin |
τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν ἔθεσῐ / ἔθεσῐν toîsi(n) éthesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἔθος tò éthos |
τὼ ἔθει / ἔθεε tṑ éthei / éthee |
τᾰ̀ ἔθεᾰ tà éthea | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔθος éthos |
ἔθει / ἔθεε éthei / éthee |
ἔθεᾰ éthea | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378
Further reading
edit- “ἔθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἔθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G1485 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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