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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

  • ὧν ἐστι καὶ ὁ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐξαναλώσασ Χρυσίππου μέλαν πιννοτήρασ, παντὶ καὶ φυσικῷ βιβλίῳ καὶ ἠθικῷ προεδρίαν ἔχων· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 30 1:2)
  • ἀρέσκει οὖν αὐτοῖσ τὸν λογικὸν καὶ τὸν φυσικὸν τόπον περιαιρεῖν, ἐμφερῶσ Ἀρίστωνι τῷ Χίῳ, μόνῳ δὲ προσέχειν τῷ ἠθικῷ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. q'. MENEDHMOS 2:3)

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