ἔθος

English (LSJ)

εος, τό, (ἔθω)

   A custom, habit, ἔ. τὸ πρόσθε τοκήων (but prob. f.l. for ἦθος) A.Ag.728 (lyr.); τὸ σύνηθες ἔ. S.Ph.894; εἰ τὸ ἔ. συνθήκη Pl.Cra.435a; πάτρια ἔ. Id.Plt.295a: prov., "ἔ., φασί, δευτέρη φύσις" Jul.Mis.353a; ἐν ἔθει τῇ πόλει εἶναι to be the habit, Th.2.64; ἔ. ἐστίν τινι, c. inf., Cratin.Jun.7.1, Alex.253; ἔθος ἔχειν, c. inf., Plu. Them.4; ἔθει by habit, habitually, opp. φύσει, Arist.EN1179b21; ἐν ἔθει Id.Fr.122; δι' ἔθος, opp. ἐκ γενετῆς, Id.EN1154a33; ἐξ ἔθους ib. 1103a17; κατὰ τὰ Ῥωμαίων ἔ. PSI3.182 (iii A. D.), etc. (σϝέθ-, cf. Lat. suesco; v. βεσόν.)