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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

  • εἶτ’ ἔθει δρόμῳ ἐπὶ τὸν ἐσόμενον νεών καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρυγμα ἐλθὼν καὶ τὴν προῳκονομημένην ^ τοῦ χρηστηρίου πηγήν, ἐμβὰσ εἰσ τὸ ὕδωρ ὕμνουσ τε ᾖδεν Ἀσκληπιοῦ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνοσ μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ καὶ ἐκάλει τὸν θεὸν ἥκειν τύχῃ τῇ ἀγαθῇ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 14:1)
  • μηδὲν δὲ πλέον ἀνύων ἔθει διὰ μέσησ τῆσ πόλεωσ, ἀνατείνων πρὸσ ἣλιον τὼ χεῖρε, αὖθισ δὲ τὴν γῆν τύπτων ἀνεκαλεῖτο τὰσ Ἐρινύασ καὶ τέλοσ αὑτὸν τοῦ ζῆν μετέστησεν. (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 3 17:1)
  • μὰ Δί’ οὐ δῆθ’, ὥστ’ ἐπαφαυάνθην Παναθηναίοισι γελῶν, ὅτε δὴ βραδὺσ ἄνθρωπόσ τισ ἔθει κύψασ λευκὸσ πίων ὑπολειπόμενοσ καὶ δεινὰ ποιῶν· (Aristophanes, Frogs, Agon, Antipnigos4)
  • κατὰ χεῖρα τοίνυν Φιλοποίμενοσ μὲν ἔργα πολλὰ καὶ μεγάλα, θατέρου δὲ οὐδέν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν τισ αὐτὸν Ἀρχέδημοσ ἐπέσκωπτεν ὡσ, ὅτε αὐτὸσ ἐσπασμένοσ τὴν μάχαιραν ἔθει δρόμῳ πρὸσ τοὺσ μαχομένουσ καὶ τοὺσ συνεστῶτασ τῶν Μακεδόνων, τοῦ Τίτου τὰσ χεῖρασ εἰσ τὸν οὐρανὸν ὑπτίασ ἀνατείναντοσ ἑστῶτοσ καὶ προσευχομένου. (Plutarch, Comparison of Philopoemen and Titus, chapter 2 3:3)
  • ἔτι Δημήτριοσ μέν, οὐ κεκωλυμένον, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου γεγονὸσ ἐν ἔθει τοῖσ Μακεδόνων βασιλεῦσιν, ἐγάνει γάνουσ πλείονασ, ὥσπερ Λυσίμαχοσ καὶ Πτολεμαῖοσ, ἔσχε δὲ διὰ τιμῆσ ὅσασ ἔγημεν· (Plutarch, Comparison of Demetrius and Antony, chapter 4 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. habit

  2. disposition

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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