ἐθημοσύνη

ἐθημοσύνη

custom: fem nom /voc sg (attic epic ionic)

ἐθημοσύνη

custom: fem nom /voc sg (attic epic ionic)

ἐθημο-σύνη, ἡ,

A custom, Hsch., Suid.

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `custom, usage' (Ion.-Att.).

Derivatives: Old only ἐθάς m. f. `usual' (Hp., Th.); late ἔθιμος `usual' (Amorgos I^a, D. S. etc.; after νόμιμος, Arbenz Die Adj. auf - ιμος 99), ἐθικός `usual' (Plu.), ἐθήμων `id.' (Musae.) with ἐθημο-λογέω `collect as usual' (AP), ἐθημοσύνη (H., Suid.). Denomin. verb ἐθίζω (not with Schwyzer 716 from *ἔθω, s. ἔθων and εἴωθα) with ἔθισμα `usage' (Pl.), ἐθισμός `custom' (Arist.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [883] *su̯edʰ- `own character'?

Etymology: If one assumes *Ϝέθος from IE *su̯édhos (with dissimilation) one can compare Skt. svadhā,́ `use, own character'. Further there is the Germ. word for `custom', Goth. sidus m. etc., which will go back on IE * sedhu-. Also Lat. sodālis `comrade' as *su̯edhālis (su̯odh-) has been compared. The basis of su̯edh-, sedh- can be the reflexive *s(u̯)e (s. ἕ, ἑ); "das erweiternde dh wird gewöhnlich, aber ganz willkürlich, mit dem Wort für `setzen, tun' (s. τίθημι) identifiziert" (Frisk). - See εἴωθα, ἦθος, aslo ἔτης and ἕταρος.

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