εἴωθα
etho
to be accustomed, to be wont
Appears 21 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
εἴωθα,
‹ All lexicon entries to be accustomed, to be wont. Pf. associated with pres. ἔθω by grammarians. εἴωθα Il. 5.766, etc., Ep. and Ion. ἔωθα 8.408, etc., is used as pres.; plpf. εἰώθειν, Ion. ἐώθεα, as impf.; part. εἰωθώς, Ion. ἐωθώς, also in 48, 19; Dor. 3 pl. pf. ἐθώκατι : mostly c. inf., Il. 5.766, 3.31, 1.99, etc.: impers., ὡς εἴωθε as is the custom, Ec. 282; ὥσπερ εἰώθει Sull. 9, etc.: freq. abs. in part., of persons, accustomed, customary, usual, ἡνιόχῳ εἰωθότι Il. 5.231; ὑμῖν . . τοῖς εἰώθοσιν who are used [to hear me], Ph. 939; οὐκ ἐωθώς praeter morem, 1.111; of things, τὰ ἐωθότα νοήματα 3.80; ἐν τῷ εἰ. τρόπῳ Ap. 27b, etc.: freq. in neut., παρὰ τὸ εἰ. contrary to custom, 4.17, 55; τὰ εἰ. ordinary things, Ra. 1, 2.51, etc.