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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

  • αἱρούμενοι οὖν καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔθνοσ ἐκτὸσ ταραχῆσ εἶναι, κρίνομεν τό τε ἱερὸν αὐτοῖσ ἀποκατασταθῆναι καὶ πολιτεύεσθαι κατὰ τὰ ἐπὶ τῶν προγόνων αὐτῶν ἔθη. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 11:25)
  • δικαιοσύνησ δ’ ἐστὶ τὸ διανεμητικὸν εἶναι τοῦ κατ’ ἀξίαν, καὶ σώζειν τὰ πάτρια ἔθη καὶ τὰ νόμιμα, καὶ τὸ σώζειν τοὺσ γεγραμμένουσ νόμουσ, καὶ τὸ ἀληθεύειν ἐν τῷ διαφέροντι, καὶ τὸ διαφυλάττειν τὰσ ὁμολογίασ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 22:1)
  • ἔστι δὲ τῆσ ἀδικίασ τὸ παραβαίνειν τὰ πάτρια ἔθη καὶ τὰ νόμιμα, καὶ τὸ ἀπειθεῖν τοῖσ νόμοισ καὶ τοῖσ ἄρχουσι, τὸ ψεύδεσθαι, τὸ ἐπιορκεῖν, τὸ παραβαίνειν τὰσ ὁμολογίασ καὶ τὰσ πίστεισ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 37:2)
  • ἵνα δὲ πάντ’ ἀφῶ τἆλλα, τίσ οὐχ ὁμολογήσει τοῖσ ἀσκοῦσι τὴν φιλόσοφον ῥητορικὴν ἀναγκαῖον εἶναι πολλὰ μὲν ἔθη καὶ βαρβάρων καὶ Ἑλλήνων ἐκμαθεῖν, πολλοὺσ δὲ νόμουσ ἀκοῦσαι πολιτειῶν τε σχήματα, καὶ βίουσ ἀνδρῶν καὶ πράξεισ καὶ τέλη καὶ τύχασ; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 6 5:1)
  • καὶ μήν, ὦ Σόλων, κατ’ οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἀπὸ τῆσ Σκυθίασ ἥκω παρ’ ὑμᾶσ τοσαύτην μὲν γῆν διοδεύσασ, μέγαν δὲ τὸν Εὔξεινον καὶ δυσχείμερον περαιωθείσ, ἢ ὅπωσ νόμουσ τε τοὺσ Ἑλλήνων ἐκμάθοιμι καὶ ἔθη τὰ παρ’ ὑμῖν κατανοήσαιμι καὶ πολιτείαν τὴν ἀρίστην ἐκμελετήσαιμι. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 14:3)

Synonyms

  1. habit

  2. disposition

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