- ἦθος
- ἦθοςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `custom, usage' (Hes., Pi.), ἤθεα pl. `accustomed place, haunts' (Il.).Compounds: As 1. member with analog. comp.-vowel e. g. in ἠθο-ποιός `forming customs' (Arist.), as 2. member e. g. in κακο-ήθης `with bad customs' (IA).Derivatives: ἠθεῖος `reliable, beloved' (Hom., Hes.), also ἠθαῖος (Pi., Antim.), after γενναῖος a. o. (wrong J. Schmidt Pluralbild. 387, Sandsjoe -αῖος 102f.); ἠθάς, -άδος m. f. `usual, reliable' (Hp., S.) with ἠθάδιος `id.' (Opp.); ἠθικός `concerning the character' (Arist.; s. Verdenius Mnemos. 3 : 12, 241ff.); ἠθαλέος `usual' (Opp., Epigr.; Debrunner IF 23, 26).Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [883] *sueh₁dʰ- `custom, use'Etymology: Cf. Johanna Schmidt, Ethos. Beitr. zum antiken Wertempfinden (Borna 1941); and Verdenius l. c. Differs from ἔθος only in lengthened grade, ō-grade in εἴωθα (s. v.). D.Petit, RPh. 73 (1999)87, who refers to Schindler, Flexion u. Wortbildung 259-267. - On traces of the digamma Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 150.Page in Frisk: 1,625
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.