ἐτός
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Etymon-lemma
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Transliteration (Etymon)
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Quotation
Ἔθος: Εἴρηται παρὰ τὸ ἐτεὸν, τὸ ἀληθές· ὅπερ καὶ ἐτὸς λέγεται· καὶ παρὰ <τοῦτο> ἔθος τὸ ἀεὶ ὡσαύτως ἔχον. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἔθω, τὸ ἐξ ἔθους ἔχω, γίνεται ἔθος, ὡς μένω, μένος· σθένω, σθένος. [NB: τοῦτο is the reading of the Etym. Symeonis; the EM has τό, with the first syllable dropped]
Translation (En)
Ethos "custom". It is thus called from eteos "true", which also has the form etos. And from ethos, that which is always the same. Or from ethō "to be wont to", comes ethos, as menō "to wait", menos "mind", sthenō "to be strong", sthenos "strength"
Parallels
Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 108 (Ἔθος· εἴρηται παρὰ τὸ ἐτεὸν τὸ ἀληθές, ὅπερ καὶ ἐτὸς λέγεται καὶ παρὰ τοῦτο ἔθος τὸ ἀεὶ ὡσαύτως ἔχον· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἔθω τὸ ἐξ ἔθους ἔχω γίνεται ἔθος, ὡς μένω μένος); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, epsilon, p. 622 (idem)
Comment
Derivational etymology, implying one formal change of the aspirate /th/ to a plain /t/. The etymon is an oxytone adjective, the lemma a paroxytone substantive, which can be accounted for with the rule that substantiated adjectives have a recessive accent (λεύκη "white poplar", from λευκή "white"), which was known to Greek scholars. Semantically, the etymology probably means that the customs reveal the true character of a man or a people.