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ἠθικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἠθικός ἠθική ἠθικόν

Structure: ἠθικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h)=qos II

Sense

  1. of or for morals
  2. moral
  3. expressing character

Examples

  • διὸ δεῖ καὶ τὴν οἰκοδέσποιναν ὅτι πᾶν τὸ περιττὸν καὶ ἑταιρικὸν καὶ πανηγυρικόν, εὖ ποιοῦσα, φεύγει καὶ παραιτεῖται, μᾶλλον φιλοτεχνεῖν ἐν ταῖσ ἠθικαῖσ καὶ βιωτικαῖσ χάρισι πρὸσ τὸν ἄνδρα, τῷ καλῷ μεθ’ ἡδονῆσ συνεθίζουσαν αὐτόν; (Plutarch, Conjugalia Praecepta, chapter, section 29 2:1)
  • Περσαῖοσ δέ φησιν ἐν ταῖσ Ἠθικαῖσ σχολαῖσ δύο καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα ἐτῶν τελευτῆσαι αὐτόν, ἐλθεῖν δ’ Ἀθήναζε δύο καὶ εἴκοσιν ἐτῶν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 28:3)

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