ἦθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Expanded form of ἔθος (éthos). Cognate to Sanskrit स्वधा (svádhā, “habit, custom”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ἦθος • (êthos) n (genitive ἤθους); third declension

1. character
2. custom, habit

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Greek: ήθος (íthos)
• → English: ethos
• → Latin: ēthos

Further reading

• “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, 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.