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ἔθος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔθος ἔθεος

Structure: ἐθο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/qw

Sense

  1. habit, custom, manner
  2. disposition, temper
  3. habitually, customarily (in dative)

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

  • καὶ γὰρ ὁ λαιμὸσ ἀπαιτεῖ τὰ ἐκ τοῦ ἔθουσ καὶ ἀπομανθάνων αὐτὰ ἀγανακτεῖ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 39:5)
  • καὶ μὴν ἐξ ἐκείνου μὲν τοῦ παλαιοῦ ἔθουσ, τοῦ ἀνέδην καὶ πᾶσιν ἐξεῖναι, ὁρᾶτε ὅσων ἀγαθῶν ἐμπέπλησται τὸ ἱερόν, ἁπάντων ἀνατιθέντων καὶ ὑπὲρ τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν δύναμιν ἐνίων δωρουμένων τὸν θεόν. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 2 12:4)
  • οὐ γὰρ περὶ μικρῶν οὐδὲ τῶν τυχόντων ἐν τῇ τήμερον ἡμέρᾳ δικάζετε, ἀλλὰ περὶ σωτηρίασ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἁπάσησ καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισ περὶ δωροδοκίασ, ἔθουσ πονηροῦ καὶ πράγματοσ ἀλυσιτελοῦσ ὑμῖν καὶ πάντασ ἀνθρώπουσ ἀπολωλεκότοσ. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 106:1)
  • "καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐταραττόμην πρὸσ αὐτά, νῦν δὲ δὴ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔθουσ οὐδέν τι παράλογον ὁρᾶν μοι δοκῶ, καὶ μάλιστα ἐξ οὗ μοι τὸν δακτύλιον ὁ Ἄραψ ἔδωκε σιδήρου τοῦ ἐκ τῶν σταυρῶν πεποιημένον καὶ τὴν ἐπῳδὴν ἐδίδαξεν τὴν πολυώνυμον, ἐκτὸσ εἰ μὴ κἀμοὶ ἀπιστήσεισ, ὦ Τυχιάδη. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 15:3)
  • οἶδα τὸ κεφάλαιον αὐτὸ ὧν πάσχεισ ὅτι ἐρωτικόν ἐστιν οὐ μὴν κωκύω γε ὑπὸ ἔθουσ, ἤδη πολλάκισ ὑβρισθεῖσα ὑπὸ σοῦ τὰ τοιαῦτα. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. habit

  2. disposition

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