Aethiops
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops)
Proper noun
Aethiops m (genitive Aethiopis); third declension
- Any of dark-skinned peoples living in Upper Egypt or beyond.
- Ethiopian
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aethiops | Aethiopēs |
| genitive | Aethiopis | Aethiopum |
| dative | Aethiopī | Aethiopibus |
| accusative | Aethiopem | Aethiopēs |
| ablative | Aethiope | Aethiopibus |
| vocative | Aethiops | Aethiopēs |
Descendants
- → English: Ethiop
References
- “Aethiops”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Aethiops”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Aethiops”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.