ethos

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos, “character; custom, habit”). Cognate to Sanskrit स्वधा (svadhā́, “habit, custom”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈiːθɒs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈiθɑs/, /ˈiθoʊs/ === Noun === ethos (plural ethe or ethea or ethoses) The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement. (rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct. (art) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than emotional situations or individual character traits in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === logos pathos zeitgeist === References === “ethos”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === shote, Theos, those, sothe == Dutch == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos, “ethos”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === ethos m (uncountable, no diminutive) ethos Coordinate terms: bathos, logos, pathos ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: etos === Further reading === ethos on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈeː.tʰɔs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.tos] === Noun === ēthos n (genitive ētheos); irregular, third declension synonym of mōrēs (drama) character (Can we find and add a quotation of Marcus Terentius Varro to this entry?) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (irregular, Greek-type). ==== Descendants ==== → English: ethos (partly; also directly from Ancient Greek) → Esperanto: etoso (partly; also directly from Ancient Greek) === References === “ēthos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "ethos", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “ēthŏs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 604/1. “ēthos” on page 623/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈetos/ [ˈe.t̪os] Rhymes: -etos Syllabification: e‧thos === Noun === ethos m (plural ethos) ethos === Further reading === “ethos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025