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ἦθος , εος, τό (cf. ἔθος),
A.an accustomed place: hence, in pl., haunts or abodes of animals, “μετά τ᾽ ἤθεα καὶ νομὸν ἵππωνIl.6.511; [“σύας] ἔρξαν κατὰ ἤθεα κοιμηθῆναιOd.14.411; of lions, Hdt.7.125; of fish, Opp.H.1.93; of the abodes of men, Hes.Op.167, 525, Hdt.1.15, 157, A.Supp.64 (lyr.), E.Hel.274, Pl.Lg.865e, Arist.Mu.398b33; ἔλεγον ἐξ ἠθέων τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατεῖλαι away from his accustomed place, Hdt. 2.142; of plants, Callistr.Stat.7: metaph., with play on signf. 11, Pl.Phdr.277a.
3. also of animals, . τὸ πρὸς τοκέων (prob.l.for ἔθος) A.Ag.727, cf.E.Hipp.1219, Pl.R.375e, Arist. HA487a12 (pl.); τὸ . ἀσθενής, of a bird, ib.615a18; of things, nature, kind, παρὰ δ᾽ . ἑκάστῳ (to each of the four elements) Emp. 17.28; “τοῦ πυρετοῦGal.7.353.
4. ἐν ἤθει tactfully (cf. “ἠθικός11.2), “προσφέρεσθαι τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσινPlu.2.73e. cf. Herm. in Phdr.p.195A.; διὰ μέτριον ἦθος, of the expression δοκεῖ μοι, Steph.in Hp.1.59D.
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