A). to be accustomed, to be wont: pres. only in part., κακὰ πόλλ’ ἕρδεσκεν ἔθων much ill he wrought after his wont, Il. 9.540 ; οὓς παῖδες ἐριδμαίνωσιν ἔθοντες 16.260 (in these passages some Gramm. expld. ἔθων as, = βλάπτων, φθείρων (and it was so used by Call. Fr. 108 ), and (in 16.260 ) ἐρεθίζων, cf. ἔθει· φθείρει, ἐρεθίζει, Hsch., ἐθρίς, ἴθρις): pf. 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 Archipp. 48 , Araros 19 ; Dor. 3 pl. pf. ἐθώκατι Hsch. : mostly c. inf., Il. 5.766 , Hdt. 3.31 , Th. 1.99 , etc.: impers., ὡς εἴωθε as is the custom, Ar. Ec. 282 ; ὥσπερ εἰώθει Plu. 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], S. Ph. 939 ; οὐκ ἐωθώς praeter morem, Hdt. 1.111 ; of things, τὰ ἐωθότα νοήματα Id. 3.80 ; ἐν τῷ εἰ. τρόπῳ Pl. Ap. 27b , etc.: freq. in neut., παρὰ τὸ εἰ. contrary to custom, Th. 4.17 , 55 ; τὰ εἰ. ordinary things, Ar. Ra. 1 , Th. 2.51 , etc.