ἔθνος: Difference between revisions

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