ἠθολογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἠθολόγος (ēthológos, “painting manners by mimic gesture”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from ἦθος (êthos, “character”) +‎ λόγος (lógos, “account”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ • (ēthologíā) f (genitive ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. a painting of character, especially by mimic gestures
    • Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 95.66
    • 200 CE – 300 CE, Aristides Quintilianus, On Music 1.9.3

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: ēthologia

References

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