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ἔθνος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 기독교 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔθνος ἔθνεος

Structure: ἐθνο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/qw

Sense

  1. group of people: tribe, family
  2. group of animals: flock, herd
  3. country, nation
  4. (later, in the plural) foreign nations, barbarians
  5. (Jewish and Christian usage, in the plural) gentiles, heathen
  6. class, caste

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἶπε δὲ τῷ ἔθνει αὐτοῦ. ἰδοὺ τὸ γένοσ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ μέγα πλῆθοσ καὶ ἰσχύει ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 1:9)
  • ἐὰν μὴ εὐαρεστήσῃ τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτῆσ ἣν αὐτῷ καθωμολογήσατο, ἀπολυτρώσει αὐτήν. ἔθνει δὲ ἀλλοτρίῳ οὐ κύριόσ ἐστι πωλεῖν αὐτήν, ὅτι ἠθέτησεν ἐν αὐτῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 21:8)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν. ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ τίθημί σοι διαθήκην. ἐνώπιον παντὸσ τοῦ λαοῦ σου ποιήσω ἔνδοξα, ἃ οὐ γέγονεν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ καὶ ἐν παντὶ ἔθνει, καὶ ὄψεται πᾶσ ὁ λαόσ, ἐν οἷσ εἶ σύ, τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου, ὅτι θαυμαστά ἐστιν, ἃ ἐγὼ ποιήσω σοι. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 34:10)
  • οὐ πορεύσῃ δόλῳ ἐν τῷ ἔθνει σου, οὐκ ἐπιστήσῃ ἐφ̓ αἷμα τοῦ πλησίον σου. ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 19:16)
  • ΚΑΙ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν λέγων. εἶπον τοῖσ ἱερεῦσι τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἀαρὼν καὶ ἐρεῖσ πρὸσ αὐτούσ. ἐν ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ οὐ μιανθήσονται ἐν τῷ ἔθνει αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 21:1)

Synonyms

  1. group of animals

  2. country

  3. class

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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