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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἔθνος έ̓θνει έ̓θνη
Genitive έ̓θνους έ̓θνοιν ἐθνέων
Dative έ̓θνει έ̓θνοιν έ̓θνεσιν*
Accusative ἔθνος έ̓θνει έ̓θνη
Vocative έ̓θνος έ̓θνει έ̓θνη

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

  • ἐκ τούτων ἀφωρίσθησαν νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν, ἕκαστοσ κατὰ γλῶσσαν ἐν ταῖσ φυλαῖσ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:5)
  • οὗτοι υἱοὶ Χάμ, ἐν ταῖσ φυλαῖσ αὐτῶν, κατὰ γλώσσασ αὐτῶν, ἐν ταῖσ χώραισ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:20)
  • οὗτοι υἱοὶ Σήμ, ἐν ταῖσ φυλαῖσ αὐτῶν, κατὰ γλώσσασ αὐτῶν, ἐν ταῖσ χώραισ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:31)
  • Ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν ἡγεμόνων Ἡσαῦ ἐν ταῖσ φυλαῖσ αὐτῶν κατὰ τόπον αὐτῶν, ἐν ταῖσ χώραισ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν. ἡγεμὼν Θαμνά, ἡγεμὼν Γωλά, ἡγεμὼν Ἰεθέρ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 36:40)
  • ὅτι ἀπὸ κορυφῆσ ὀρέων ὄψομαι αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπὸ βουνῶν προσνοήσω αὐτόν. ἰδοὺ λαὸσ μόνοσ κατοικήσει καὶ ἐν ἔθνεσιν οὐ συλλογισθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 23:9)

Synonyms

  1. group of animals

  2. country

  3. class

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