moral

Greek Noun Neuter

ἦθος, -εος (-ους), τό [in LXX: Sir.20:26, 4Ma.1:29 4Mac 2:7 4Mac 2:21 4Mac 5:24 4Mac 13:27 *;] 1 1, a haunt, abode. 2) = ἔθος, custom, manner: pl, 1Co.15:33. (AS)

moral

Greek Noun Neuter

ἦθος, εος, τό (compare ἔθος), an accustomed place: hence, in plural, haunts or abodes of animals, μετά τ᾽ ἤθεα καὶ νομὸν ἵππων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of lions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fish, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the abodes of men, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔλεγον ἐξ ἠθέων τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατεῖλαι away from his accustomed place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of plants, [Refs 4th c.AD+]: metaphorically, with play on signification [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) custom, usage: in plural, manners, customs, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐθρέψω Ξέρξην ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἤ[Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) disposition, character, ἐπίκλοπον ἦθος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀκίχητα ἤ, of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ μιαρὸν ἦ. [Refs]; τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἦ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βελτίων τῆς πόλεως τὸ ἦ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially moral character, opposed to διάνοια, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; as the result of habit, τὸ πᾶν ἦ. διὰ ἔθος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦ. πηγὴ βίου Stoic. cited in [Refs 5th c.AD+]; τῆς ψυχῆς, τῆς γνώμης, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, traits, characteristics, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: seldom in plural, of an individual, στερρὸν τὰ ἤθεα [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2.b) of outward bearing, ὡς ἱλαρὸν τὸ ἦ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑψηλὸς τῷ ἤ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]: in plural, of facial expression, ὀφθαλμῶν ἤθη [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.2.c) in Rhet, delineation of character, ἦ. ἔχουσιν οἱ λόγοι ἐν ὅσοις δήλη ἡ προαίρεσις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially opposed to πάθος, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; κατ᾽ ἦ. λέγεσθαι, opposed to κατὰ πάθος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so of works of art, ἡ Ζεύξιδος γραφὴ οὐδὲν ἔχει ἦ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of Music, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.2.d) dramatis persona, εἰσάγει ἄνδρα ἢ γυναῖκα ἢ ἄλλο τι ἦ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.3) also of animals, ἦ. τὸ πρὸς τοκέων (probable reading for ἔθος) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, nature, kind, παρὰ δ᾽ ἦ. ἑκάστῳ (to each of the four elements) [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.4) ἐν ἤθει tactfully [Refs 1st c.AD+]; διὰ μέτριον ἦθος, of the expression δοκεῖ μοι, [Refs 7th c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

usage, i.e. (plural) moral habits; manners; a strengthened form of g1485 (ἔθος)