ἤθησις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From aorist stem ἤθη(σᾰ) (ḗthē(sa), I sifted) of verb ἠθέω (ēthéō, I sift) (contracted form ἠθῶ (ēthô)) + -σῐς (-sis) This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. please confirm this lemma. ηθησ+ις/-εως or ηθη+σις/εως

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Noun

ἤθησῐς (ḗthēsisf (genitive ἠθήσεως); third declension

  1. riddling

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