ἔτνος in Ancient Greek

IPA: /é.tnos/, /ˈe.tnos/, /ˈe.tnos/, /é.tnos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈe.tnos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈe.tnos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈe.tnos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈe.tnos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Unknown. It has been connected with Scottish Gaelic eitean (“kernel, core”), Irish eithne (“kernel”), and Old Armenian ունդ (und, “pulse”). Etymology templates: {{unk|grc}} Unknown, {{cog|gd|eitean||kernel, core}} Scottish Gaelic eitean (“kernel, core”), {{cog|ga|eithne||kernel}} Irish eithne (“kernel”), {{cog|xcl|ունդ||pulse}} Old Armenian ունդ (und, “pulse”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἔτνους|n|third}} ἔτνος • (étnos) n (genitive ἔτνους); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἔτνος|ἔτνους|dial=att}} Forms: étnos [romanization], ἔτνους [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ ἔτνος [nominative, singular], ἔτνει [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ἔτνη [nominative, plural], τοῦ ἔτνους [genitive, singular], ἐτνοῖν [dual, genitive], ἐτνῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ ἔτνει [dative, singular], ἐτνοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς ἔτνεσῐ [dative, plural], ἔτνεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs étnesĭ [dative, plural], toîs étnesĭn [dative, plural], τὸ ἔτνος [accusative, singular], ἔτνει [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ἔτνη [accusative, plural], ἔτνος [singular, vocative], ἔτνει [dual, vocative], ἔτνη [plural, vocative]

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"ἔτνος" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun