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Étym<\/b>. incert<\/i>.<\/p>" }, { "dictionary": "LSJ", "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)", "source": null, "description": "εος, τό ; (Ϝέθνος, cf. Il.<\/i> 2.87, 7.115, al.); - number of people living together, company, body of men<\/b>, ἑτάρων ἔ., ἔ. ἑταίρων, band<\/b> of comrades, Il.<\/i> 3.32, 7.115, etc. ; ἔθνος λαῶν host<\/b> of men, 13.495; of particular tribes, Λυκίων μέγα ἔ. 12.330; Ἀχαιῶν ἔ. 17.552; pl., ἔθνεα πεζῶν 11.724, cf. 2.91; ἔ. νεκρῶν Od.<\/i> 10.526; of animals, ἔ. μελισσάων, ὀρνίθων, μυιάων, swarms, flocks<\/b>, etc., Il.<\/i> 2.87, 459, 469; ἔθνη θηρῶν S. Ph.<\/i> 1147 (lyr.), Ant.<\/i> 344; ἔ. ἀνέρων, γυναικῶν, Pi. O.<\/i> 1.66, P.<\/i> 4.252; ἔ. βρότεον, θνατόν, Id. N.<\/i> 3.74, 11.42; ἔ. τόδε, of the Erinyes, A. Eu.<\/i> 366 (lyr.). after Hom., nation, people<\/b>, τὸ Μηδικὸν ἔ. (γένος being a subdivision of ἔθνος) Hdt. 1.101; ἔ. ἠπειρογενές, μαχαιροφόρον, A. Pers.<\/i> 43, 56 (anap.), etc. ; τῶν μηδισάντων ἐθνέων τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν Hdt. 9.106. later, τὰ ἔ.foreign, barbarous nations<\/b>, opp. Ἕλληνες, Arist. Pol.<\/i> 1324b10; ἔ. νομάδων, of Bedawîn, LW 2203 (Syria); at Athens, athletic clubs of non-Athenians<\/b>, IG 2.444, al. ; in LXX, non-Jews<\/b>, Ps. 2.1, al., cf. Act. Ap. 7.45; Gentiles, τῶν ἐθνῶν τε καὶ Ἰουδαίων ib.<\/i> 14.5, etc. ; used of Gentile Christians<\/b>, Ep. Rom. 15.27. at Rome, = provinciae<\/b>, App. BC<\/i> 2.13, Hdn. 1.2.1, PStrassb. 22.19 (iii AD), D.C. 36.41, etc. ; so in sg., province<\/b>, ὁ τυραννήσας τοῦ ἔθνους D.Chr. 43.11; ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ ἔθνους the governor of the province<\/b>, POxy. 1020.5 (iii AD).class<\/b> of men, caste, tribe<\/b>, τὸ Θετταλῶν… πενεστικὸν ἔ. Pl. Lg.<\/i> 776d; ἔθνος κηρυκικόν Id. Plt.<\/i> 290b; οἶσθά τι ἔ. ἠλιθιώτερον ῥαψῳδῶν ; X. Smp.<\/i> 3.6; δημιουργικὸν ἔ. Pl. Grg.<\/i> 455b, cf. Arist. Ath.<\/i> 3; ἔ. βραχμάνων D.S. 17.102; τὰ ἱερὰ ἔ. the orders<\/b> of priests, OGI 90.17 (ii BC); trade-associations<\/b> or guilds<\/b>, ἔθνη καὶ ἐργαστήρια PPetr. 3 p. 67 (iii BC), al. ; class<\/b> in respect to rank or station, οὐ πρὸς τοῦτο βλέποντες… ὅπως… ἕν τι ἔ. ἔσται διαφερόντως εὔδαιμον Pl. R.<\/i> 420b, cf. 421c, D. 21.131.sex<\/b>, θῆλυ, ἄρρεν ἔ., X. Oec.<\/i> 7.26.part, member<\/b>, Hp. Loc. Hom.<\/i> 1. of a single person, a relation<\/b>, Pi. N.<\/i> 5.43." }, { "dictionary": "Pape", "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)", "source": null, "description": "τό, wahrscheinlich von ἔθος, die durch Gewohnheit verbundene Menge, Schar, Haufen<\/i> ; ἑταίρων, πεζῶν, Ἀχαιῶν u. ä. Hom.; ἔθνος λαῶν, die Schar der Kriegsmannen, Il<\/i>. 13.495 ; βροτόν u. βρότεον, Menschenvolk, Pind. P<\/i>. 10.28, N<\/i>. 3.71 ; γυναικῶν P<\/i>. 4.252 ; ἀνέρων Ol<\/i>. 1.66. So Tragg. u. Prosa, wo es dann bestimmter Volk, Volksstamm, Nation<\/i> bedeutet ; κατ' ἔθνη καὶ καθ' ἕκαστον ἄστυ Thuc. 1.1 ; πομπὰς ἐποίησαν κατὰ ἔθνος ἕκαστοι τῶν Ἑλλήνων, stammweise, Xen. An<\/i>. 5.5.5 ; ἔθνη βάρβαρα Plat. Critia<\/i>. 109a ; τὸ Θετταλῶν πενεστικὸν ἔθνος Legg<\/i>. VI.776d. Aber auch Menschenklasse<\/i>, ἢ κλάπτας ἢ ἄλλο τι ἔθνος Plat. Rep<\/i>. I.351c ; δημιουργικόν Gorg<\/i>. 455b ; τὸ κηρυκικόν Polit<\/i>. 290b, die Herolde ; οἶσθά τι ἔθνος ἠλιθιώτερον ῥαψῳδῶν Xen. Symp<\/i>. 3.6. – Von Tieren, = Scharen, Herden, Schwärme<\/i> ; χηνῶν Il<\/i>. 2.459 ; μελισσῶν 2.87 ; χοίρων Od<\/i>. 14.73 ; θηρῶν ἀγρίων Soph. Ant<\/i>. 344, wie Phil<\/i>. 1132 ; ἰχθύων Plat. Tim<\/i>. 92c ; sp.D., wie Theocr. 95.114.Bei Xen. Oec<\/i>. 7.26 θῆλυ – ἄρρεν, Geschlecht<\/i>.Bei Sp., wie DC. 36.24, die unterworfenen Völker in den Provinzen<\/i>.Bei K.S. = Heiden<\/i>." }, { "dictionary": "TBESG", "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars", "source": null, "description": " ἔθνος<\/b>, -ους, τό, [in LXX chiefly for עַם ,גּוֹי ;] __1. a multitude, a company<\/b>, whether of beasts or men (Hom.). __2. a nation, people<\/b>: Mat.21:43 24:7, Mrk.13:8, Luk.22:25, Act.10:35, al.; in sing., of the Jewish people, Luk.7:5 23:2, Jhn.11:48, 50-53 18:35, Act.10:22 24:3, 10 26:4 28:19. __3. In pl., as in OT, τὰ ἔ. (like Heb. הַגּוֹיִם), the nations<\/b>, as distinct from Israel, Gentiles<\/b>: Mat.4:15 6:32, Act.26:17, Rom.3:29 11:11 15:10, Gal.2:8, al.; of Gentile Christians, Rom.11:13 15:27 16:4, Gal.2:12, 14, Eph.3:1. SYN.<\/i>: λαός (see DCG<\/i>, ii, 229; Cremer, 226).<\/re> (AS)" } ] } ] }