ἐθν-άρχης

ἐθν-άρχης, ου, ὁ,

A ruler of a tribe or nation,

Ἄσανδρος ἀντὶ ἐθνάρχου βασιλεὺς ἀναγορευθεὶς βοσπόρου Luc.Macr.17

; sheikh, OGI616.2 ([place name] Arabia); of Abraham, Ph.1.513.

2 title of Jewish official, LXX 1 Ma.14.47, Str.17.1.13, Nic.Dam.p.143 D., 2 Ep.Cor.11.32, J.AJ 13.6.7.

II Adj., ruling over nations,

ἐ. θεοί Jul.Gal. 115d

, cf. 143a.

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `group, heap, swarm' (of people, animals; Hom., Pi.), `class, people' (Hdt.), `foreign people' (Arist.), τὰ ἔθνη `the heathens' (NT); on the meaning Chantr. BSL 43, 52ff.

Compounds: As 1. member in ἐθν-άρχης `governor, prince' (LXX, J., NT), as 2. member a. o. in ὁμο-εθνής `belonging to the same people' (Hdt.), ἀλλο-εθνής (hell.).

Derivatives: ἐθνικός `belonging to a foreign people, national, traditional, heathen' (hell.), cf. γενικός to γένος; ἐθνίτης `belonging to the same people' (Eust., Suid.), ἐθνισταί οἱ ἐκ τοῦ αὑτοῦ ἔθνους H.; cf. Redard Les noms grecs en - της 22; ἐθνυμών meaning? (Hdn. Gr.; after δαιτυμών?); ἐθνηδόν adv. `per people' (LXX).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Unknown. If - νος is a suffix ( ἔρ-νος, σμῆ-νος; Chantr. Form. 420, Schwyzer 512) one may compare ἔθος (s. v.), perh. from *su̯edh-nos, which like Goth. sibja ` Sippe', the peoples name Suēbī a. o. (IE *s(u̯)ē̆bh- Pok. 883) goes back on the reflexive *s(u̯)e (s. ἕ, ἑ). Other hypotheses by Fick (s. Bq), Fay (s. Kretschmer Glotta 1, 378), Bonfante (s. Schwyzer 512 n. 6). - One connected also ὀθνεῖος (Demokr., Pl.) as `belonging to the ἔθνος' (Fraenkel Gnomon 22, 238); in this case hardly from *su̯e-. The word could be of foreign origin. - From ἔθνος (spoken ἕθνος) Kopt. hεθνος, Arm. het` anos, and also Goth. haiÞno `heathen' (from where the other Germ. words).

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