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ἦθος

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἦθος

Etym.: lengthd. form of e)/qos,

Sense

  1. character
  2. custom, habit

Examples

  • ἦθοσ ἀνθρώπου ψευδοῦσ ἀτιμία, καὶ ἡ αἰσχύνη αὐτοῦ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ ἐνδελεχῶσ. ̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν ΛΟΓΟΙ ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΩΝ.‐ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 20:25)
  • ἐπεὶ τίνα τρόπον μονοφάγοσ τισ ὢν τὸ ἦθοσ καὶ γαστρίμαργοσ καὶ μέθυσοσ μεταπαιδεύεται, εἰ μὴ δῆλον ὅτι κύριόσ ἐστι τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμόσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 2:7)
  • ἦθόσ τε ἐπιδείκνυται θεοσεβὲσ καὶ δίκαιον καὶ καρτερικὸν καὶ εὐπρεπέσ, ἁπάσαισ τε συλλήβδην κεκοσμημένον ἀρεταῖσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 4 2:3)
  • ἦθόσ τε κολακικὸν καὶ φιλοτύραννον ἐμφαίνει καὶ ταπεινὸν καὶ μικρολόγον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 5 2:2)
  • οὐ πολλῶν οἶμαι δεῖν λόγων, ὅτι τοῦτο μὲν ἀφελῶσ καὶ ἡδέωσ εἴρηται ἦθόσ τε οὐ πεπλασμένον ἀλλὰ φυσικὸν ἐπιφαίνει. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 91)

Synonyms

  1. character

  2. custom

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