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Ethical
{
Eth′ic
,Eth′ic-al
, }Adj.
[L.
ethicus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to [GREEK] custom, Goth. sidus
, G. sitte
, Skr. svadh[GREEK]
, prob. orig., one’s own doing; sva
self + dh[GREEK]
to set: cf. F. éthique
. See So
, Do
.] Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral;
as,
ethic
discourses or epistles; an ethical
system; ethical
philosophy.The
ethical
meaning of the miracles. Trench.
Ethical dative
(Gram.)
, a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do?