ἔθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, ([[ἔθω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[custom]], [[habit]], <b class="b3">ἔ. τὸ πρόσθε τοκήων</b> (but prob. f.l. for [[ἦθος]]) <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>728</span> (lyr.); τὸ σύνηθες ἔ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>894</span>; εἰ τὸ ἔ. συνθήκη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>435a</span>; πάτρια ἔ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>295a</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], "<b class="b3">ἔθος, φασί, δευτέρη φύσις</b>" <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Mis.</span>353a</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἔθει τῇ πόλει εἶναι</b> to be the [[habit]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.64</span>; <b class="b3">ἔ. ἐστίν τινι</b>, c. inf., <span class="bibl">Cratin.Jun.7.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.253</span>; <b class="b3">ἔθος ἔχειν</b>, c. inf., <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Them.</span>4</span>; [[ἔθει]] = [[by habit]], [[habitually]], opp. [[φύσει]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1179b21</span>; ἐν ἔθει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>122</span>; <b class="b3">δι' ἔθος</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐκ γενετῆς</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1154a33</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξ ἔθους</b> ib. <span class="bibl">1103a17</span>; κατὰ τὰ Ῥωμαίων ἔ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>3.182</span> (iii A. D.), etc. ([[σϝέθ]]-, cf. Lat. [[suesco]]; v. [[βεσόν]].)</span>