ἠθολόγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἦθος (êthos, “character”) +‎ λόγος (lógos, “account”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.tʰo.ló.ɡos/ → /i.θoˈlo.ɣos/ → /i.θoˈlo.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.tʰo.ló.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.tʰoˈlo.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.θoˈlo.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.θoˈlo.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.θoˈlo.ɣos/

Adjective

ἠθολόγος • (ēthológos) m or f (neuter ἠθολόγον); second declension

1. painting manners or character by mimic gestures
   • 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 20.63
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Orator 2.59
   • 160 CE – 210 CE, Sextus Empiricus, Against the Mathematicians 7.10

Inflection

Second declension of ἠθολόγος; ἠθολόγον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἠθολόγος ēthológos	ἠθολόγον ēthológon		ἠθολόγω ēthológō	ἠθολόγω ēthológō		ἠθολόγοι ēthológoi	ἠθολόγᾰ ēthológa
Genitive		ἠθολόγου ēthológou	ἠθολόγου ēthológou		ἠθολόγοιν ēthológoin	ἠθολόγοιν ēthológoin		ἠθολόγων ēthológōn	ἠθολόγων ēthológōn
Dative		ἠθολόγῳ ēthológōi	ἠθολόγῳ ēthológōi		ἠθολόγοιν ēthológoin	ἠθολόγοιν ēthológoin		ἠθολόγοις ēthológois	ἠθολόγοις ēthológois
Accusative		ἠθολόγον ēthológon	ἠθολόγον ēthológon		ἠθολόγω ēthológō	ἠθολόγω ēthológō		ἠθολόγους ēthológous	ἠθολόγᾰ ēthológa
Vocative		ἠθολόγε ēthológe	ἠθολόγον ēthológon		ἠθολόγω ēthológō	ἠθολόγω ēthológō		ἠθολόγοι ēthológoi	ἠθολόγᾰ ēthológa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἠθολόγως ēthológōs			ἠθολογώτερος ēthologṓteros			ἠθολογώτᾰτος ēthologṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ (ēthologíā)

References

• “ἠθολόγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press