Αἰθιοπία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

An -ία derivation of Αἰθίοψ, literally "one with a burnt face", i.e. "black person".

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /a͜ɪtʰi.opí.a͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛːtʰiopíaː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /eθiopía/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /eθiopía/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /eθiopía/

Proper noun

Αἰθιοπία (genitive Αἰθιοπίας) f, first declension; (Aithiopiā)

1. Ethiopia

Usage notes

Herodotus' Αἰθιοπία is the "land of black people", corresponding to the known parts of Africa east of the Nile, i.e. the Horn of Africa and eastern Sudan. In the Septuagint, Αἰθιοπία translates כוש, the Biblical term for "black Africa".

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Αἰθιοπίᾱ
Genitive	τῆς Αἰθιοπίᾱς
Dative	τῇ Αἰθιοπίᾳ
Accusative	τὴν Αἰθιοπίᾱν
Vocative	Αἰθιοπίᾱ

Derived terms

• Αἰθιοπικός
• Αἰθιόπιος
• Αἰθιοπίς

Descendants

• English: Ethiopia, and the name of Ethiopia in most languages worldwide via either Greek or Latin
• Ge'ez: ኢትዮጵያ (ʾĪtyōṗṗyā)
• Greek: Αιθιοπία (Aithiopía)
• Latin: Aethiopia
• Old Armenian: Եթովպիա (Etʿovpia)

References

• LSJ
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1010