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|Transliteration C=ithos
|Transliteration C=ithos
|Beta Code=h)=qos
|Beta Code=h)=qos
|Definition=εος<b class="b3">, τό</b> (cf. <b class="b3">ἔθος</b>), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">an accustomed place</b>: hence, in pl., <b class="b2">haunts</b> or <b class="b2">abodes</b> of animals, μετά τ' ἤθεα καὶ νομὸν ἵππων <span class="bibl">Il.6.511</span>; [σύας] ἔρξαν κατὰ ἤθεα κοιμηθῆναι <span class="bibl">Od.14.411</span>; of lions, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.125</span>; of fish, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.93</span>; of <b class="b2">the abodes of men</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>167</span>, <span class="bibl">525</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.15</span>, <span class="bibl">157</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>64</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>274</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>865e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>398b33</span>; <b class="b3">ἔλεγον ἐξ ἠθέων τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατεῖλαι</b> away from his <b class="b2">accustomed place</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.142</span>; of plants, <span class="bibl">Callistr.<span class="title">Stat.</span>7</span>: metaph., with play on signf. <span class="bibl">11</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>277a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">custom, usage</b>: in pl., <b class="b2">manners, customs</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>137</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>66</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.30</span>,<span class="bibl">35</span>, <span class="bibl">4.106</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.61</span>; τρόποι καὶ ἤθη <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>896c</span>; <b class="b3">ἐθρέψω Ξέρξην ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἤ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">695e</span>; φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρήσθ' ὁμιλίαι κακαί <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHib.</span>1.7.94</span> (<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1024</span> = <span class="bibl">Men.218</span>); τοῖς ἤθεσιν ἁπλοῦς <span class="bibl">D.S.5.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">disposition, character</b>, ἐπίκλοπον ἦθος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span> 67</span>,<span class="bibl">78</span>; ἦ. ἐμφυές <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>11(10).21</span>; <b class="b3">ἀκίχητα ἤ</b>., of Zeus, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>187</span>; τοὐμὸν ἦ. παιδεύειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>595</span>; <b class="b3">ὦ μιαρὸν ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>746</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.31</span>; <b class="b3">βελτίων τῆς πόλεως τὸ ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.20.14</span>; esp. <b class="b2">moral character</b>, opp. <b class="b3">διάνοια</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1139a1</span>; as the result of habit, τὸ πᾶν ἦ. διὰ ἔθος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>792e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EE</span>1220a39</span>; ἦ. ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων <span class="bibl">Heraclit.119</span>; <b class="b3">ἦ. πηγὴ βίου</b> Stoic. ap. Stob.2.7.1; <b class="b3">τῆς ψυχῆς, τῆς γνώμης</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>400d</span>, <span class="bibl">D.61.16</span>: freq. opp. <b class="b3">πάθος</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1356a23</span> (pl.), etc.; ἠθῶν τε καὶ παθῶν μίμησις <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>3</span>; τὸ ἦ. πρᾶος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>243c</span>: less freq. in dat., <b class="b3">ἀγοραῖος τῷ ἤ</b>. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>6.2</span>, cf. <span class="title">Inscr.Magn.</span>164.3 (i/ii A.D.): pl., <b class="b2">traits, characteristics</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>402d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1144b4</span> (in sg., <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς ἀνδρείας ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>836d</span>): seldom in pl., of an individual, στερρὸν τὰ ἤθεα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>11</span>; ἱερὸς κατὰ τὰ ἤθη <span class="bibl">Ath.1.1e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of outward <b class="b2">bearing</b>, <b class="b3">ὡς ἱλαρὸν τὸ ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>8.3</span>; ὑγρότης ἤθους <span class="bibl">Lycurg.33</span>; <b class="b3">ὑψηλὸς τῷ ἤ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dio</span>4</span>: in pl., of facial expression, ὀφθαλμῶν ἤθη <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Gym.</span> 25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> in Rhet., <b class="b2">delineation of character</b>, ἦ. ἔχουσιν οἱ λόγοι ἐν ὅσοις δήλη ἡ προαίρεσις <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1395b13</span>; ἦ. ἐμφαίνειν Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.200S.; esp. opp. <b class="b3">πάθος</b>, Longin.9.15, etc.; <b class="b3">κατ' ἦ. λέγεσθαι</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ πάθος</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>19</span>: in pl., πραγμάτων καὶ ἠθῶν <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span>5.5</span>; ἐν πάθεσι καὶ ἤθεσιν <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>28</span>, etc.; so of works of art, <b class="b3">ἡ Ζεύξιδος γραφὴ οὐδὲν ἔχει ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1450a29</span>; πάθος καὶ ἦ. καὶ σχημάτων χρῆσις <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>4.3</span>; πολλὰ ἤθη ἐπιφαίνει <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Her.</span>2.10</span>; also of Music, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>6.49</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b2">dramatis persona</b>, <b class="b3">εἰσάγει ἄνδρα ἢ γυναῖκα ἢ ἄλλο τι ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1450a11</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> also of animals, <b class="b3">ἦ. τὸ πρὸς τοκέων</b> (prob.l.for <b class="b3">ἔθος</b>) <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>727</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1219</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>375e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>487a12</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">τὸ ἦ. ἀσθενής</b>, of a bird, ib.<span class="bibl">615a18</span>; of things, <b class="b2">nature, kind</b>, <b class="b3">παρὰ δ' ἦ. ἑκάστῳ</b> (to each of the four elements) <span class="bibl">Emp. 17.28</span>; τοῦ πυρετοῦ Gal.7.353. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἐν ἤθει</b> <b class="b2">tactfully</b> (cf. ἠθικός 11.2), προσφέρεσθαι τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσιν Plu.2.73e. cf. <span class="bibl">Herm. <span class="title">in Phdr.</span>p.195A.</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ μέτριον ἦθος</b>, of the expression <b class="b3">δοκεῖ μοι</b>, <span class="bibl">Steph.<span class="title">in Hp.</span>1.59D.</span></span>
|Definition=εος<b class="b3">, τό</b> (cf. [[ἔθος]]), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">an accustomed place</b>: hence, in pl., <b class="b2">haunts</b> or <b class="b2">abodes</b> of animals, μετά τ' ἤθεα καὶ νομὸν ἵππων <span class="bibl">Il.6.511</span>; [σύας] ἔρξαν κατὰ ἤθεα κοιμηθῆναι <span class="bibl">Od.14.411</span>; of lions, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.125</span>; of fish, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.93</span>; of <b class="b2">the abodes of men</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>167</span>, <span class="bibl">525</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.15</span>, <span class="bibl">157</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>64</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>274</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>865e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>398b33</span>; <b class="b3">ἔλεγον ἐξ ἠθέων τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατεῖλαι</b> away from his <b class="b2">accustomed place</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.142</span>; of plants, <span class="bibl">Callistr.<span class="title">Stat.</span>7</span>: metaph., with play on signf. <span class="bibl">11</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>277a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">custom, usage</b>: in pl., <b class="b2">manners, customs</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>137</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>66</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.30</span>,<span class="bibl">35</span>, <span class="bibl">4.106</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.61</span>; τρόποι καὶ ἤθη <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>896c</span>; <b class="b3">ἐθρέψω Ξέρξην ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἤ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">695e</span>; φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρήσθ' ὁμιλίαι κακαί <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHib.</span>1.7.94</span> (<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1024</span> = <span class="bibl">Men.218</span>); τοῖς ἤθεσιν ἁπλοῦς <span class="bibl">D.S.5.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">disposition, character</b>, ἐπίκλοπον ἦθος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span> 67</span>,<span class="bibl">78</span>; ἦ. ἐμφυές <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>11(10).21</span>; <b class="b3">ἀκίχητα ἤ</b>., of Zeus, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>187</span>; τοὐμὸν ἦ. παιδεύειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>595</span>; <b class="b3">ὦ μιαρὸν ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>746</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.31</span>; <b class="b3">βελτίων τῆς πόλεως τὸ ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.20.14</span>; esp. <b class="b2">moral character</b>, opp. <b class="b3">διάνοια</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1139a1</span>; as the result of habit, τὸ πᾶν ἦ. διὰ ἔθος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>792e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EE</span>1220a39</span>; ἦ. ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων <span class="bibl">Heraclit.119</span>; <b class="b3">ἦ. πηγὴ βίου</b> Stoic. ap. Stob.2.7.1; <b class="b3">τῆς ψυχῆς, τῆς γνώμης</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>400d</span>, <span class="bibl">D.61.16</span>: freq. opp. <b class="b3">πάθος</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1356a23</span> (pl.), etc.; ἠθῶν τε καὶ παθῶν μίμησις <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>3</span>; τὸ ἦ. πρᾶος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>243c</span>: less freq. in dat., <b class="b3">ἀγοραῖος τῷ ἤ</b>. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>6.2</span>, cf. <span class="title">Inscr.Magn.</span>164.3 (i/ii A.D.): pl., <b class="b2">traits, characteristics</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>402d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1144b4</span> (in sg., <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς ἀνδρείας ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>836d</span>): seldom in pl., of an individual, στερρὸν τὰ ἤθεα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>11</span>; ἱερὸς κατὰ τὰ ἤθη <span class="bibl">Ath.1.1e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of outward <b class="b2">bearing</b>, <b class="b3">ὡς ἱλαρὸν τὸ ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>8.3</span>; ὑγρότης ἤθους <span class="bibl">Lycurg.33</span>; <b class="b3">ὑψηλὸς τῷ ἤ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dio</span>4</span>: in pl., of facial expression, ὀφθαλμῶν ἤθη <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Gym.</span> 25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> in Rhet., <b class="b2">delineation of character</b>, ἦ. ἔχουσιν οἱ λόγοι ἐν ὅσοις δήλη ἡ προαίρεσις <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1395b13</span>; ἦ. ἐμφαίνειν Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.200S.; esp. opp. <b class="b3">πάθος</b>, Longin.9.15, etc.; <b class="b3">κατ' ἦ. λέγεσθαι</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ πάθος</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>19</span>: in pl., πραγμάτων καὶ ἠθῶν <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span>5.5</span>; ἐν πάθεσι καὶ ἤθεσιν <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>28</span>, etc.; so of works of art, <b class="b3">ἡ Ζεύξιδος γραφὴ οὐδὲν ἔχει ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1450a29</span>; πάθος καὶ ἦ. καὶ σχημάτων χρῆσις <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>4.3</span>; πολλὰ ἤθη ἐπιφαίνει <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Her.</span>2.10</span>; also of Music, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>6.49</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b2">dramatis persona</b>, <b class="b3">εἰσάγει ἄνδρα ἢ γυναῖκα ἢ ἄλλο τι ἦ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1450a11</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> also of animals, <b class="b3">ἦ. τὸ πρὸς τοκέων</b> (prob.l.for <b class="b3">ἔθος</b>) <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>727</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1219</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>375e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>487a12</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">τὸ ἦ. ἀσθενής</b>, of a bird, ib.<span class="bibl">615a18</span>; of things, <b class="b2">nature, kind</b>, <b class="b3">παρὰ δ' ἦ. ἑκάστῳ</b> (to each of the four elements) <span class="bibl">Emp. 17.28</span>; τοῦ πυρετοῦ Gal.7.353. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἐν ἤθει</b> <b class="b2">tactfully</b> (cf. ἠθικός 11.2), προσφέρεσθαι τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσιν Plu.2.73e. cf. <span class="bibl">Herm. <span class="title">in Phdr.</span>p.195A.</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ μέτριον ἦθος</b>, of the expression <b class="b3">δοκεῖ μοι</b>, <span class="bibl">Steph.<span class="title">in Hp.</span>1.59D.</span></span>
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Transliteration A: ē̂thos Transliteration B: ēthos Transliteration C: ithos Beta Code: h)=qos

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εος, τό (cf. ἔθος),

   A an accustomed place: hence, in pl., haunts or abodes of animals, μετά τ' ἤθεα καὶ νομὸν ἵππων Il.6.511; [σύας] ἔρξαν κατὰ ἤθεα κοιμηθῆναι Od.14.411; of lions, Hdt.7.125; of fish, Opp.H.1.93; of the abodes of men, Hes.Op.167, 525, Hdt.1.15, 157, A.Supp.64 (lyr.), E.Hel.274, Pl.Lg.865e, Arist.Mu.398b33; ἔλεγον ἐξ ἠθέων τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατεῖλαι away from his accustomed place, Hdt. 2.142; of plants, Callistr.Stat.7: metaph., with play on signf. 11, Pl.Phdr.277a.    II custom, usage: in pl., manners, customs, Hes.Op.137, Th.66, Hdt.2.30,35, 4.106, Th.2.61; τρόποι καὶ ἤθη Pl. Lg.896c; ἐθρέψω Ξέρξην ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἤ. ib.695e; φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρήσθ' ὁμιλίαι κακαί PHib.1.7.94 (E.Fr.1024 = Men.218); τοῖς ἤθεσιν ἁπλοῦς D.S.5.21.    2 disposition, character, ἐπίκλοπον ἦθος Hes.Op. 67,78; ἦ. ἐμφυές Pi.O.11(10).21; ἀκίχητα ἤ., of Zeus, A.Pr.187; τοὐμὸν ἦ. παιδεύειν S.Aj.595; ὦ μιαρὸν ἦ. Id.Ant.746; τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἦ. Isoc.2.31; βελτίων τῆς πόλεως τὸ ἦ. D.20.14; esp. moral character, opp. διάνοια, Arist.EN1139a1; as the result of habit, τὸ πᾶν ἦ. διὰ ἔθος Pl.Lg.792e, cf. Arist.EE1220a39; ἦ. ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων Heraclit.119; ἦ. πηγὴ βίου Stoic. ap. Stob.2.7.1; τῆς ψυχῆς, τῆς γνώμης, Pl.R.400d, D.61.16: freq. opp. πάθος, Arist.Rh.1356a23 (pl.), etc.; ἠθῶν τε καὶ παθῶν μίμησις D.H.Pomp.3; τὸ ἦ. πρᾶος Pl.Phdr.243c: less freq. in dat., ἀγοραῖος τῷ ἤ. Thphr.Char.6.2, cf. Inscr.Magn.164.3 (i/ii A.D.): pl., traits, characteristics, Pl.R.402d, Arist.EN1144b4 (in sg., τὸ τῆς ἀνδρείας ἦ. Pl.Lg.836d): seldom in pl., of an individual, στερρὸν τὰ ἤθεα Hp.Ep.11; ἱερὸς κατὰ τὰ ἤθη Ath.1.1e.    b of outward bearing, ὡς ἱλαρὸν τὸ ἦ. X.Smp.8.3; ὑγρότης ἤθους Lycurg.33; ὑψηλὸς τῷ ἤ. Plu.Dio4: in pl., of facial expression, ὀφθαλμῶν ἤθη Philostr.Gym. 25.    c in Rhet., delineation of character, ἦ. ἔχουσιν οἱ λόγοι ἐν ὅσοις δήλη ἡ προαίρεσις Arist.Rh.1395b13; ἦ. ἐμφαίνειν Phld.Rh.1.200S.; esp. opp. πάθος, Longin.9.15, etc.; κατ' ἦ. λέγεσθαι, opp. κατὰ πάθος, D.H.Comp.22, cf. Lys.19: in pl., πραγμάτων καὶ ἠθῶν Phld.Po.5.5; ἐν πάθεσι καὶ ἤθεσιν Demetr.Eloc.28, etc.; so of works of art, ἡ Ζεύξιδος γραφὴ οὐδὲν ἔχει ἦ. Arist.Po.1450a29; πάθος καὶ ἦ. καὶ σχημάτων χρῆσις Ael.VH4.3; πολλὰ ἤθη ἐπιφαίνει Philostr.Her.2.10; also of Music, S.E.M.6.49.    d dramatis persona, εἰσάγει ἄνδρα ἢ γυναῖκα ἢ ἄλλο τι ἦ. Arist.Po.1450a11, al.    3 also of animals, ἦ. τὸ πρὸς τοκέων (prob.l.for ἔθος) A.Ag.727, cf.E.Hipp.1219, Pl.R.375e, Arist. HA487a12 (pl.); τὸ ἦ. ἀσθενής, of a bird, ib.615a18; of things, nature, kind, παρὰ δ' ἦ. ἑκάστῳ (to each of the four elements) Emp. 17.28; τοῦ πυρετοῦ Gal.7.353.    4 ἐν ἤθει tactfully (cf. ἠθικός 11.2), προσφέρεσθαι τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσιν Plu.2.73e. cf. Herm. in Phdr.p.195A.; διὰ μέτριον ἦθος, of the expression δοκεῖ μοι, Steph.in Hp.1.59D.