Aethiops

See also: aethiops and æthiops

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops)

Proper noun

Aethiops m (genitive Aethiopis); third declension

1. Any of dark-skinned peoples living in Upper Egypt or beyond
2. 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.