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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[group]], [[heap]], [[swarm]] (of people, animals; Hom., Pi.), [[class]], [[people]] (Hdt.), <b class="b2">foreign people</b> (Arist.), <b class="b3">τὰ ἔθνη</b> <b class="b2">the heathens</b> (NT); on the meaning Chantr. BSL 43, 52ff.<br />Compounds: As 1. member in <b class="b3">ἐθν-άρχης</b> [[governor]], [[prince]] (LXX, J., NT), as 2. member a. o. in <b class="b3">ὁμο-εθνής</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the same people</b> (Hdt.), <b class="b3">ἀλλο-εθνής</b> (hell.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἐθνικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to a foreign people, national, traditional, heathen</b> (hell.), cf. <b class="b3">γενικός</b> to <b class="b3">γένος</b>; <b class="b3">ἐθνίτης</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the same people</b> (Eust., Suid.), <b class="b3">ἐθνισταί οἱ ἐκ τοῦ αὑτοῦ ἔθνους</b> H.; cf. Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 22; <b class="b3">ἐθνυμών</b> meaning? (Hdn. Gr.; after <b class="b3">δαιτυμών</b>?); <b class="b3">ἐθνηδόν</b> adv. <b class="b2">per people</b> (LXX).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unknown. If <b class="b3">-νος</b> is a suffix (<b class="b3">ἔρ-νος</b>, <b class="b3">σμῆ-νος</b>; Chantr. Form. 420, Schwyzer 512) one may compare <b class="b3">ἔθος</b> (s. v.), perh. from <b class="b2">*su̯edh-nos</b>, which like Goth. [[sibja]] [[Sippe]], the peoples name [[Suēbī]] a. o. (IE <b class="b2">*s(u̯)ēbh-</b> Pok. 883) goes back on the reflexive <b class="b2">*s(u̯)e</b> (s. <b class="b3">ἕ</b>, <b class="b3">ἑ</b>). Other hypotheses by Fick (s. Bq), Fay (s. Kretschmer Glotta 1, 378), Bonfante (s. Schwyzer 512 n. 6). - One connected also <b class="b3">ὀθνεῖος</b> (Demokr., Pl.) as <b class="b2">belonging to the ἔθνος</b> (Fraenkel Gnomon 22, 238); in this case hardly from <b class="b2">*su̯e-</b>. The word could be of foreign origin. - From <b class="b3">ἔθνος</b> (spoken <b class="b3">ἕθνος</b>) Kopt. [[hεθνος]], Arm. [[het]][[anos]], and also Goth. [[haiÞno]] [[heathen]] (from where the other Germ. words). | |etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[group]], [[heap]], [[swarm]] (of people, animals; Hom., Pi.), [[class]], [[people]] (Hdt.), <b class="b2">foreign people</b> (Arist.), <b class="b3">τὰ ἔθνη</b> <b class="b2">the heathens</b> (NT); on the meaning Chantr. BSL 43, 52ff.<br />Compounds: As 1. member in <b class="b3">ἐθν-άρχης</b> [[governor]], [[prince]] (LXX, J., NT), as 2. member a. o. in <b class="b3">ὁμο-εθνής</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the same people</b> (Hdt.), <b class="b3">ἀλλο-εθνής</b> (hell.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἐθνικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to a foreign people, national, traditional, heathen</b> (hell.), cf. <b class="b3">γενικός</b> to <b class="b3">γένος</b>; <b class="b3">ἐθνίτης</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the same people</b> (Eust., Suid.), <b class="b3">ἐθνισταί οἱ ἐκ τοῦ αὑτοῦ ἔθνους</b> H.; cf. Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 22; <b class="b3">ἐθνυμών</b> meaning? (Hdn. Gr.; after <b class="b3">δαιτυμών</b>?); <b class="b3">ἐθνηδόν</b> adv. <b class="b2">per people</b> (LXX).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unknown. If <b class="b3">-νος</b> is a suffix (<b class="b3">ἔρ-νος</b>, <b class="b3">σμῆ-νος</b>; Chantr. Form. 420, Schwyzer 512) one may compare <b class="b3">ἔθος</b> (s. v.), perh. from <b class="b2">*su̯edh-nos</b>, which like Goth. [[sibja]] [[Sippe]], the peoples name [[Suēbī]] a. o. (IE <b class="b2">*s(u̯)ēbh-</b> Pok. 883) goes back on the reflexive <b class="b2">*s(u̯)e</b> (s. <b class="b3">ἕ</b>, <b class="b3">ἑ</b>). Other hypotheses by Fick (s. Bq), Fay (s. Kretschmer Glotta 1, 378), Bonfante (s. Schwyzer 512 n. 6). - One connected also <b class="b3">ὀθνεῖος</b> (Demokr., Pl.) as <b class="b2">belonging to the ἔθνος</b> (Fraenkel Gnomon 22, 238); in this case hardly from <b class="b2">*su̯e-</b>. The word could be of foreign origin. - From <b class="b3">ἔθνος</b> (spoken <b class="b3">ἕθνος</b>) Kopt. [[hεθνος]], Arm. [[het]][[anos]], and also Goth. [[haiÞno]] [[heathen]] (from where the other Germ. words). | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[[ἔθνος]], εος, [ἔθω]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> a [[number]] of [[people]] [[accustomed]] to [[live]] [[together]], a [[company]], [[body]] of men, Il., etc.; [[ἔθνος]] λαῶν a [[host]] of men, Il.; also of animals, swarms, flocks, Il., Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[after]] Hom., a [[nation]], [[people]], Hdt., etc.:—in NTest. τὰ ἔθνη the nations, Gentiles, i. e. all but Jews and Christians.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> a [[special]] class of men, a [[caste]], [[tribe]], Plat., Xen.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> sex, Xen. | |||
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