ἐθν-ικός, ή, όν,
national, συστάσεις [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.13.6; διαστάσεις [prev. author] 4.21.2; χρεῖαι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.13; ἰδιότητες 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.154 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; διαφοραί 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.3.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II foreign, gentile, [[NT.Matt.5.47; ἐθνικῇ.. ἐν σοφία “epigram Gr.” 430.6. ] NT] adverb -κῶς, opposed to Ἰουδαϊκῶς[[, NT.Gal.2.14. ] NT]
__II.b in the Roman Empire, provincial, Codex Just.[[ 12.63.2.6. ] Refs]
__III Grammars, indicating nationality, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.2.28, 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 636.11, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 190.20. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+] adverb -κῶς, παραχθέν[[ [prev. work] 5, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 4.1.1, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.56. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.2 dialectal, ἔθος [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 46.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV ἐθνικός, ὁ, tax-collector, [[ POxy. 126.13 (6th c.AD). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]