ēthos, ĕos, n., = ἦθος. *
I Manners , morals , Sid. Carm. 15, 101.—*
II A depicting of character. —In acc. plur. : ethē, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 98; in abl. plur. : in ethesin Terentius poscit palmam, Varr. ap. Non. 374, 9.
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