ἔτνος

Ancient Greek

Unknown. It has been connected with Scottish Gaelic eitean (“kernel, core”), Irish eithne (“kernel”), and Old Armenian ունդ (und, “pulse”).

ἔτνος • (étnos) n (genitive ἔτνους); third declension

Third declension of τὸ ἔτνος; τοῦ ἔτνους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔτνος tò étnos	τὼ ἔτνει tṑ étnei	τᾰ̀ ἔτνη tằ étnē
Genitive	τοῦ ἔτνους toû étnous	τοῖν ἐτνοῖν toîn etnoîn	τῶν ἐτνῶν tôn etnôn
Dative	τῷ ἔτνει tōî étnei	τοῖν ἐτνοῖν toîn etnoîn	τοῖς ἔτνεσῐ / ἔτνεσῐν toîs étnesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔτνος tò étnos	τὼ ἔτνει tṑ étnei	τᾰ̀ ἔτνη tằ étnē
Vocative	ἔτνος étnos	ἔτνει étnei	ἔτνη étnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.