ἦθος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Expanded form of ἔθος (éthos). Cognate with Sanskrit स्वधा (svádhā, “habit, custom”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛ̂ː.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe̝.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.θos/
Noun
[edit]ἦθος • (êthos) n (genitive ἤθους); third declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἦθος tò êthos |
τὼ ἤθει tṑ ḗthei |
τᾰ̀ ἤθη tà ḗthē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἤθους toû ḗthous |
τοῖν ἠθοῖν toîn ēthoîn |
τῶν ἠθῶν tôn ēthôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἤθει tôi ḗthei |
τοῖν ἠθοῖν toîn ēthoîn |
τοῖς ἤθεσῐ / ἤθεσῐν toîs ḗthesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἦθος tò êthos |
τὼ ἤθει tṑ ḗthei |
τᾰ̀ ἤθη tà ḗthē | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἦθος êthos |
ἤθει ḗthei |
ἤθη ḗthē | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἦθος êthos |
ἤθει / ἤθεε ḗthei / ḗthee |
ἤθεᾰ ḗthea | ||||||||||
Genitive | ἤθεος / ἤθευς ḗtheos / ḗtheus |
ἠθέοιν ēthéoin |
ἠθέων ēthéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | ἤθει / ἤθεῐ̈ ḗthei / ḗtheï |
ἠθέοιν ēthéoin |
ἤθεσῐ / ἤθεσῐν ḗthesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | ἦθος êthos |
ἤθει / ἤθεε ḗthei / ḗthee |
ἤθεᾰ ḗthea | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἦθος êthos |
ἤθει / ἤθεε ḗthei / ḗthee |
ἤθεᾰ ḗthea | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἦθος tò êthos |
τὼ ἤθει / ἤθεε tṑ ḗthei / ḗthee |
τᾰ̀ ἤθεᾰ tà ḗthea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἤθεος / ἤθευς toû ḗtheos / ḗtheus |
τοῖν ἠθέοιν toîn ēthéoin |
τῶν ἠθέων tôn ēthéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἤθει / ἤθεῐ̈ tôi ḗthei / ḗtheï |
τοῖν ἠθέοιν toîn ēthéoin |
τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν ἤθεσῐ / ἤθεσῐν toîsi(n) ḗthesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἦθος tò êthos |
τὼ ἤθει / ἤθεε tṑ ḗthei / ḗthee |
τᾰ̀ ἤθεᾰ tà ḗthea | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἦθος êthos |
ἤθει / ἤθεε ḗthei / ḗthee |
ἤθεᾰ ḗthea | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀήθης (aḗthēs)
- εὐήθης (euḗthēs)
- ἠθαλέος (ēthaléos)
- ἠθάς (ēthás)
- ἠθεῖος (ētheîos)
- ἠθικός (ēthikós)
- ἠθόγραφος (ēthógraphos)
- ἠθολόγος (ēthológos)
- ἠθοποιός (ēthopoiós)
- κακοήθης (kakoḗthēs)
- καλοήθης (kaloḗthēs)
- ὁμοήθης (homoḗthēs)
- πολυήθης (poluḗthēs)
- συνήθης (sunḗthēs)
- χειροήθης (kheiroḗthēs)
- χοροήθης (khoroḗthēs)
- χρηστοήθης (khrēstoḗthēs)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἦθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 511
Further reading
[edit]- “ἦθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἦθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἦθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἦθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἦθος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἦθος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2239 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- behaviour idem, page 71.
- caprice idem, page 112.
- character idem, page 125.
- conduct idem, page 157.
- demeanour idem, page 209.
- disposition idem, page 237.
- habit idem, page 380.
- humour idem, page 410.
- idiosyncrasy idem, page 413.
- mood idem, page 540.
- nature idem, page 552.
- part idem, page 593.
- temper idem, page 859.
- temperament idem, page 860.
- whim idem, page 976.