ἔθνος, εος, τό:
(ϝέθνος,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]: -
number of people living together, company, body of men, ἑτάρων ἔ., ἔ. ἑταίρων,
band of comrades, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔθνος λαῶν
host of men, [
Refs]; of particular tribes, Αυκίων μέγα ἔ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of animals, ἔ. μελισσάων, ὀρνίθων, μυιάων,
swarms, flocks, etc., [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔ. ἀνέρων, γυναικῶν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. βρότεον, θνατόν, [
Refs]; ἔ. τόδε, of the Erinyes, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2 after [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
nation, people, τὸ Μηδικὸν ἔ. (γένος being a subdivision of ἔθνος) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. ἠπειρογενές, μαχαιροφόρον, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2.b later, τὰ ἔ.
foreign, barbarous nations, opposed to Ἕλληνες, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔ. νομάδων, of Bedawîn, [
Refs]; at Athens, athletic
clubs of non-Athenians, [
Refs],
non-Jews,[
LXX+NT]
2.c at Rome, =
provinciae, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]: so in
singular,
province, ὁ τυραννήσας τοῦ ἔθνους [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ ἔθνους the governor of the
province, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
3 class of men,
caste, tribe, τὸ Θετταλῶν.. πενεστικὸν ἔ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶσθά τι ἔ. ἠλιθιώτερον ῥαψῳδῶ; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δημιουργικὸν ἔ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἱερὰ ἔ. the
orders of priests, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+];
trade-associations or
guilds, ἔθνη καὶ ἐργαστήρια [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
class in respect to rank or station, οὐ πρὸς τοῦτο βλέποντες.. ὅπως.. ἕν τι ἔ. ἔσται διαφερόντως εὔδαιμον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4 sex, θῆλυ, ἄρρεν ἔ., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5 part, member, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II of a single person,
a relation, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
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