ἔθνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό: ([[ϝέθνος]], cf. <span class="bibl">Il.2.87</span>, <span class="bibl">7.115</span>, al.): -<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[number]] of [[people]] [[living]] [[together]], [[company]], [[body of men]], <b class="b3">ἑτάρων ἔθνος, ἔθνος ἑταίρων</b>, [[band]] of [[comrade]]s, <span class="bibl">Il.3.32</span>, <span class="bibl">7.115</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἔθνος λαῶν</b> [[host]] of men, <span class="bibl">13.495</span>; of particular [[tribe]]s, Αυκίων μέγα ἔθνος <span class="bibl">12.330</span>; Ἀχαιῶν ἔθνος <span class="bibl">17.552</span>: pl., ἔθνεα πεζῶν <span class="bibl">11.724</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.91</span>; ἔθνος νεκρῶν <span class="bibl">Od.10.526</span>; of [[animal]]s, <b class="b3">ἔθνος μελισσάων, ἔθνος ὀρνίθων, ἔθνος μυιάων</b>, [[swarm]]s, [[flock]]s, etc., <span class="bibl">Il.2.87</span>,<span class="bibl">459</span>,<span class="bibl">469</span>; ἔθνη θηρῶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1147</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>344</span>; <b class="b3">ἔθνος ἀνέρων, ἔθνος γυναικῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.66</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>4.252</span>; ἔθνος βρότεον, ἔθνος θνατόν, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>3.74</span>, <span class="bibl">11.42</span>; <b class="b3">ἔθνος τόδε</b>, of the [[Erinyes]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>366</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., [[nation]], [[people]], <b class="b3">τὸ Μηδικὸν ἔθνος</b> ([[γένος]] being a [[subdivision]] of [[ἔθνος]]) <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.101</span>; <b class="b3">ἔθνος ἠπειρογενές, ἔθνος μαχαιροφόρον</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>43</span>, <span class="bibl">56</span> (anap.), etc.; τῶν μηδισάντων ἐθνέων τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.106</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> later, <b class="b3">τὰ ἔθνη</b> [[foreign]], [[barbarous]] [[nation]]s, opp. [[Ἕλληνες]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1324b10</span>; <b class="b3">ἔθνος νομάδων</b>, of [[Bedawin]], <span class="title">LW</span>2203 (Syria); at [[Athens]], [[athletic]] [[club]]s of non-[[Athenians]], IG2.444, al.; in LXX, [[non]]-[[Jews]], [[Ps]].2.1, al., cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>7.45</span>; <span class="title">Gentiles</span>, <b class="b3">τῶν ἐθνῶν τε καὶ Ἰουδαίων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">14.5</span>, etc.; used of [[gentile]] [[Christians]], Ep. Rom.<span class="bibl">15.27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> at Rome, = [[provinciae]], <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>2.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.1.2.1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PStrassb.</span>22.19</span> (iii A. D.), <span class="bibl">D.C.36.41</span>, etc.: so in sg., [[province]], ὁ τυραννήσας τοῦ ἔθνους <span class="bibl">D.Chr.43.11</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ ἔθνους</b> the [[governor]] of the [[province]], POxy.1020.5 (iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[class]] of men, [[caste]], [[tribe]], <b class="b3">τὸ Θετταλῶν . . πενεστικὸν ἔθνος</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>776d</span>; ἔθνος κηρυκικόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>290b</span>; <b class="b3">οἶσθά τι ἔθνος ἠλιθιώτερον ῥαψῳδῶν</b>; <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>3.6</span>; <b class="b3">δημιουργικὸν ἔθνος</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>455b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>3</span>; ἔθνος βραχμάνων <span class="bibl">D.S.17.102</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἱερὰ ἔθνη</b> the [[order]]s of [[priest]]s, <span class="title">OGI</span>90.17 (ii B. C.); [[trade]]-[[association]]s or [[guild]]s, ἔθνη καὶ ἐργαστήρια <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.67</span> (iii B. C.), al.; [[class]] in [[respect]] to [[rank]] or [[station]], οὐ πρὸς τοῦτο βλέποντες . . ὅπως . . ἕν τι ἔθνος ἔσται διαφερόντως εὔδαιμον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>420b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">421c</span>, <span class="bibl">D.21.131</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[sex]], <b class="b3">θῆλυ ἔθνος, ἄρρεν ἔθνος</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>7.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[part]], [[member]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Loc.Hom.</span>1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of a single person, a [[relation]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.43</span>.</span>