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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /é.tʰnos/, /ˈe.θnos/, /ˈe.θnos/, /é.tʰnos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈe.tʰnos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈe.θnos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈe.θnos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈe.θnos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: PIE word *swé Probably from Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō, “I am accustomed, wont (to something)”) + -νος (-nos), equivalent to Proto-Indo-European *swedʰ-no-, expanded from the reflexive pronoun Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|grc|swé}} PIE word *swé, {{root|grc|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{cog|grc|ἔθω||I am accustomed, wont (to something)}} Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō, “I am accustomed, wont (to something)”), {{af|grc|-νος}} -νος (-nos), {{der|grc|ine-pro||*swedʰ-no-}} Proto-Indo-European *swedʰ-no-, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*swé||self}} Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἔθνεος|n|third|gen2=ἔθνους}} ἔθνος • (éthnos) n (genitive ἔθνεος or ἔθνους); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἔθνος|ους|dial=att}}, {{grc-decl|ἔθνος|εος|dial=ion}} Forms: éthnos [romanization], ἔθνεος [genitive], ἔθνους [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ ἔθνος [nominative, singular], τὼ ἔθνει [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ἔθνη [nominative, plural], τοῦ ἔθνους [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐθνοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐθνῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ ἔθνει [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐθνοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς ἔθνεσῐ [dative, plural], ἔθνεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs éthnesĭ [dative, plural], toîs éthnesĭn [dative, plural], τὸ ἔθνος [accusative, singular], τὼ ἔθνει [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ἔθνη [accusative, plural], ἔθνος [singular, vocative], ἔθνει [dual, vocative], ἔθνη [plural, vocative], declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ ἔθνος [nominative, singular], τὼ ἔθνει [dual, nominative], ἔθνεε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ἔθνεᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ἔθνεος [genitive, singular], ἔθνευς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐθνέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐθνέων [genitive, plural], τῷ ἔθνει [dative, singular], ἔθνεῐ̈ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐθνέοιν [dative, dual], τοῖσῐ [dative, plural], τοῖσῐν ἔθνεσῐ [dative, plural], ἔθνεσῐν [dative, plural], toîsĭ éthnesĭ [dative, plural], toîsĭ éthnesĭn [dative, plural], toîsĭnĭ [dative, plural], toîsĭnĭn [dative, plural], τὸ ἔθνος [accusative, singular], τὼ ἔθνει [accusative, dual], ἔθνεε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ἔθνεᾰ [accusative, plural], ἔθνος [singular, vocative], ἔθνει [dual, vocative], ἔθνεε [dual, vocative], ἔθνεᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. group of people: band, tribe, kin, nation
    Sense id: en-ἔθνος-grc-noun-PGcesD2G Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 10 16 24 27 23
  2. group of animals: flock, herd
    Sense id: en-ἔθνος-grc-noun-h5r8-b1H Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 10 16 24 27 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 20 37 33 5
  3. (later, in the plural) foreign nations, barbarians Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-ἔθνος-grc-noun-Y2Sxr~3G Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 10 16 24 27 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 16 44 23 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 20 37 33 5
  4. (Jewish and Christian usage, in the plural) gentiles, heathen Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-ἔθνος-grc-noun-YZdxLBeH Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 10 16 24 27 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 20 37 33 5
  5. class, caste
    Sense id: en-ἔθνος-grc-noun-rVbphodC Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -νος Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 10 16 24 27 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 22 10 9 16 43 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -νος: 17 12 14 18 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἐθνάρχης (ethnárkhēs), ἐθναρχία (ethnarkhía), ἐθνηδόν (ethnēdón), ἐθνικός (ethnikós), ἐθνίτης (ethnítēs), ἐθνοφύλαξ (ethnophúlax)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ethnárkhēs",
      "word": "ἐθνάρχης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ethnarkhía",
      "word": "ἐθναρχία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ethnēdón",
      "word": "ἐθνηδόν"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ethnikós",
      "word": "ἐθνικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ethnítēs",
      "word": "ἐθνίτης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ethnophúlax",
      "word": "ἐθνοφύλαξ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ (ethnos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ (ethnos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ethnos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ethnos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ethnos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "έθνος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: έθνος (éthnos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: έθνος (éthnos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "э́тнос",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: э́тнос (étnos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: э́тнос (étnos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Aramaic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܗܬܢܘܣ",
            "tr": "haṯnōs"
          },
          "expansion": "Classical Syriac: ܗܬܢܘܣ (haṯnōs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Classical Syriac: ܗܬܢܘܣ (haṯnōs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ (hethnos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ (hethnos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "հեթանոս",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: հեթանոս (hetʻanos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: հեթանոս (hetʻanos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "հեթանոս"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: հեթանոս (hetʻanos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: հեթանոս (hetʻanos)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "swé"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *swé",
      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰeh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἔθω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I am accustomed, wont (to something)"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō, “I am accustomed, wont (to something)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-νος"
      },
      "expansion": "-νος (-nos)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*swedʰ-no-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swedʰ-no-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*swé",
        "4": "",
        "5": "self"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *swé\nProbably from Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō, “I am accustomed, wont (to something)”) + -νος (-nos), equivalent to Proto-Indo-European *swedʰ-no-, expanded from the reflexive pronoun Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "éthnos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνους",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ἔθνος",
      "roman": "tò éthnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἔθνει",
      "roman": "tṑ éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ἔθνη",
      "roman": "tằ éthnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἔθνους",
      "roman": "toû éthnous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἐθνοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn ethnoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἐθνῶν",
      "roman": "tôn ethnôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἔθνει",
      "roman": "tôi éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἐθνοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn ethnoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἔθνεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs éthnesĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs éthnesĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ἔθνος",
      "roman": "tò éthnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἔθνει",
      "roman": "tṑ éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ἔθνη",
      "roman": "tằ éthnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνος",
      "roman": "éthnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνει",
      "roman": "éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνη",
      "roman": "éthnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ἔθνος",
      "roman": "tò éthnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἔθνει",
      "roman": "tṑ éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεε",
      "roman": "éthnee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ἔθνεᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ éthneă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἔθνεος",
      "roman": "toû éthneos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνευς",
      "roman": "éthneus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἐθνέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn ethnéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἐθνέων",
      "roman": "tôn ethnéōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἔθνει",
      "roman": "tôi éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεῐ̈",
      "roman": "éthneĭ̈",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἐθνέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn ethnéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐν ἔθνεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭ éthnesĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭ éthnesĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭnĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭnĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ἔθνος",
      "roman": "tò éthnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἔθνει",
      "roman": "tṑ éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεε",
      "roman": "éthnee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ἔθνεᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ éthneă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνος",
      "roman": "éthnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνει",
      "roman": "éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεε",
      "roman": "éthnee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεᾰ",
      "roman": "éthneă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἔθνεος",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "third",
        "gen2": "ἔθνους"
      },
      "expansion": "ἔθνος • (éthnos) n (genitive ἔθνεος or ἔθνους); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἔθνος",
        "2": "ους",
        "dial": "att"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἔθνος",
        "2": "εος",
        "dial": "ion"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 16 24 27 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "group of people: band, tribe, kin, nation"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἔθνος-grc-noun-PGcesD2G",
      "links": [
        [
          "band",
          "band"
        ],
        [
          "tribe",
          "tribe"
        ],
        [
          "kin",
          "kin"
        ],
        [
          "nation",
          "nation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 16 24 27 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 20 37 33 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "group of animals: flock, herd"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἔθνος-grc-noun-h5r8-b1H",
      "links": [
        [
          "flock",
          "flock"
        ],
        [
          "herd",
          "herd"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 16 24 27 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 16 44 23 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 20 37 33 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "foreign nations, barbarians"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἔθνος-grc-noun-Y2Sxr~3G",
      "qualifier": "later",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(later, in the plural) foreign nations, barbarians"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 16 24 27 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 20 37 33 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gentiles, heathen"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἔθνος-grc-noun-YZdxLBeH",
      "links": [
        [
          "gentiles",
          "gentiles"
        ],
        [
          "heathen",
          "heathen"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Jewish and Christian usage",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Jewish and Christian usage, in the plural) gentiles, heathen"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 16 24 27 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 10 9 16 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 12 14 18 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -νος",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "class, caste"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἔθνος-grc-noun-rVbphodC",
      "links": [
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "caste",
          "caste"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/é.tʰnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.θnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.θnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/é.tʰnos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.tʰnos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.θnos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.θnos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.θnos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἔθνος"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *swé",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -νος",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ethnárkhēs",
      "word": "ἐθνάρχης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ethnarkhía",
      "word": "ἐθναρχία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ethnēdón",
      "word": "ἐθνηδόν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ethnikós",
      "word": "ἐθνικός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ethnítēs",
      "word": "ἐθνίτης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ethnophúlax",
      "word": "ἐθνοφύλαξ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ (ethnos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ (ethnos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ethnos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ethnos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ethnos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "έθνος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: έθνος (éthnos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: έθνος (éthnos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "э́тнос",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: э́тнос (étnos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: э́тнос (étnos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Aramaic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܗܬܢܘܣ",
            "tr": "haṯnōs"
          },
          "expansion": "Classical Syriac: ܗܬܢܘܣ (haṯnōs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Classical Syriac: ܗܬܢܘܣ (haṯnōs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ (hethnos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ (hethnos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "հեթանոս",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: հեթանոս (hetʻanos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: հեթանոս (hetʻanos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "հեթանոս"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: հեթանոս (hetʻanos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: հեթանոս (hetʻanos)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "swé"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *swé",
      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰeh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἔθω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I am accustomed, wont (to something)"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō, “I am accustomed, wont (to something)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-νος"
      },
      "expansion": "-νος (-nos)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*swedʰ-no-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swedʰ-no-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*swé",
        "4": "",
        "5": "self"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *swé\nProbably from Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō, “I am accustomed, wont (to something)”) + -νος (-nos), equivalent to Proto-Indo-European *swedʰ-no-, expanded from the reflexive pronoun Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "éthnos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνους",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ἔθνος",
      "roman": "tò éthnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἔθνει",
      "roman": "tṑ éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ἔθνη",
      "roman": "tằ éthnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἔθνους",
      "roman": "toû éthnous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἐθνοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn ethnoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἐθνῶν",
      "roman": "tôn ethnôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἔθνει",
      "roman": "tôi éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἐθνοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn ethnoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἔθνεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs éthnesĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs éthnesĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ἔθνος",
      "roman": "tò éthnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἔθνει",
      "roman": "tṑ éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ἔθνη",
      "roman": "tằ éthnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνος",
      "roman": "éthnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνει",
      "roman": "éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνη",
      "roman": "éthnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ἔθνος",
      "roman": "tò éthnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἔθνει",
      "roman": "tṑ éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεε",
      "roman": "éthnee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ἔθνεᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ éthneă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἔθνεος",
      "roman": "toû éthneos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνευς",
      "roman": "éthneus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἐθνέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn ethnéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἐθνέων",
      "roman": "tôn ethnéōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἔθνει",
      "roman": "tôi éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεῐ̈",
      "roman": "éthneĭ̈",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἐθνέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn ethnéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐν ἔθνεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭ éthnesĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭ éthnesĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭnĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsĭnĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ἔθνος",
      "roman": "tò éthnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἔθνει",
      "roman": "tṑ éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεε",
      "roman": "éthnee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ἔθνεᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ éthneă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνος",
      "roman": "éthnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνει",
      "roman": "éthnei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεε",
      "roman": "éthnee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔθνεᾰ",
      "roman": "éthneă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἔθνεος",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "third",
        "gen2": "ἔθνους"
      },
      "expansion": "ἔθνος • (éthnos) n (genitive ἔθνεος or ἔθνους); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἔθνος",
        "2": "ους",
        "dial": "att"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἔθνος",
        "2": "εος",
        "dial": "ion"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "group of people: band, tribe, kin, nation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "band",
          "band"
        ],
        [
          "tribe",
          "tribe"
        ],
        [
          "kin",
          "kin"
        ],
        [
          "nation",
          "nation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "group of animals: flock, herd"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flock",
          "flock"
        ],
        [
          "herd",
          "herd"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "foreign nations, barbarians"
      ],
      "qualifier": "later",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(later, in the plural) foreign nations, barbarians"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gentiles, heathen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gentiles",
          "gentiles"
        ],
        [
          "heathen",
          "heathen"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Jewish and Christian usage",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Jewish and Christian usage, in the plural) gentiles, heathen"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "class, caste"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "caste",
          "caste"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/é.tʰnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.θnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.θnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/é.tʰnos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.tʰnos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.θnos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.θnos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.θnos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἔθνος"
}

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