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ἔθνος , εος, τό: (ϝέθνος, cf. Il.2.87, 7.115, al.): -
A.number of people living together, company, body of men, ἑτάρων ., . ἑταίρων, band of comrades, Il.3.32, 7.115, etc.; ἔθνος λαῶν host of men, 13.495; of particular tribes, “Αυκίων μέγα .12.330; “Ἀχαιῶν .17.552: pl., “ἔθνεα πεζῶν11.724, cf. 2.91; “. νεκρῶνOd.10.526; of animals, . μελισσάων, ὀρνίθων, μυιάων, swarms, flocks, etc., Il.2.87,459,469; “ἔθνη θηρῶνS.Ph.1147 (lyr.), Ant.344; . ἀνέρων, γυναικῶν, Pi.O.1.66, P.4.252; . βρότεον, θνατόν, Id.N.3.74, 11.42; . τόδε, of the Erinyes, A.Eu.366 (lyr.).
b. later, τὰ . foreign, barbarous nations, opp. Ἕλληνες, Arist.Pol.1324b10; . νομάδων, of Bedawîn, LW2203 (Syria); at Athens, athletic clubs of non-Athenians, IG2.444, al.; in LXX, non-Jews, Ps.2.1, al., cf. Act.Ap.7.45; Gentiles, τῶν ἐθνῶν τε καὶ Ἰουδαίων ib.14.5, etc.; used of Gentile Christians, Ep. Rom.15.27.
c. at Rome, = provinciae, App.BC2.13, Hdn.1.2.1, PStrassb.22.19 (iii A. D.), D.C.36.41, etc.: so in sg., province, “ τυραννήσας τοῦ ἔθνουςD.Chr.43.11; ἡγούμενος τοῦ ἔθνους the governor of the province, POxy.1020.5 (iii A. D.).
5. part, member, Hp.Loc.Hom.1.
II. of a single person, a relation, Pi.N.5.43.
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    • Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander, The Archaic Age
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    • Aeschylus, Persians, 56
    • Aeschylus, Persians, 43
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    • Demosthenes, Against Midias, 131
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 17.102
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.101
    • Herodotus, Histories, 9.106
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    • Homer, Iliad, 3.32
    • Homer, Iliad, 7.115
    • Homer, Odyssey, 10.526
    • New Testament, Acts, 14.5
    • New Testament, Acts, 7.45
    • Plato, Laws, 776d
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    • Sophocles, Antigone, 344
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    • Homer, Iliad, 13.495
    • Appian, Civil Wars, 2.13
    • New Testament, Acts, 15.27
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 36.41
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