{ Eth"ic (?), Eth"ic*al (?), } a. [L. ethicus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to &?; custom, Goth. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh&?;, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self +
dh&?; 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?
Hear it pronounced