noun · neuterirregular, third declension
ēthos
ēthos n (genitive ētheos)
Classical[ˈeː.tʰɔs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.tos]
Meaning
- synonym of mōrēs
- character
Is omnium prīmus animum pīnxit et sēnsūs hominis expressit, quae vocant Graecī ēthē, item perturbātiōnēs, dūrior paulō in colōribus.
He [viz. Aristides of Thebes] was the first of all painters who depicted the mind and expressed the feelings of a human being, what the Greeks term ethe, and also the emotions; he was a little too hard in his colours.77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis historia 35.98
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ēthos | ēthea ēthē |
| genitive | ētheos | — |
| dative | — | ēthesi ēthesin |
| accusative | ēthos | ēthea ēthē |
| ablative | — | ēthesi ēthesin |
| vocative | ēthos | ēthea ēthē |
ēthos, ĕos, n., = ἦθος. *
I. Manners, morals, Sid. Carm. 15, 101.—*
II. A depicting of character.—In acc. plur.:
ethē, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 98; in abl. plur.: in ethesin Terentius poscit palmam, Varr. ap. Non. 374, 9.Origins
- Ancient Greek ἔθος(éthos)
- Latinēthos
Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos)bor. Latin ēthos Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos).
Descendants
- Englishethos
- Esperantoetoso