Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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PIE word
*swé

From Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- (custom, character), from the reflexive pronoun *swé (self) + *dʰeh₁- (to put, place, set), equivalent to the acc. () of οὗ (hoû, him) + τίθημι (títhēmi, to set): thus the original sense is to "set as one's own". Cognates include Latin suēscō, soleō, Sanskrit स्वधा (svadhā) and Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (sidus).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ἔθω (éthō)

  1. (with infinitive) to be accustomed, to tend to

Usage notes

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The present is used only as a participle.

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378

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