Αἰθιοπία
See also: Αιθιοπία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
An -ία (-ía) derivation of Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops), of disputed origin (see the article).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.tʰi.o.pí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛ.tʰi.oˈpi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛ.θi.oˈpi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.θi.oˈpi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.θi.oˈpi.a/
Proper noun
Αἰθιοπίᾱ • (Aithiopíā) f (genitive Αἰθιοπίᾱς); first declension
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 Biblical Hebrew כּוּשׁ (kûš), the Biblical term for "black Africa".
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Αἰθιοπίᾱ hē Aithiopíā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Αἰθιοπίᾱς tês Aithiopíās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Αἰθιοπίᾳ têi Aithiopíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Αἰθιοπίᾱν tḕn Aithiopíān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Αἰθιοπίᾱ Aithiopíā | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Αἰθιοπικός (Aithiopikós)
- Αἰθιόπιος (Aithiópios)
- Αἰθιοπίς (Aithiopís)
Descendants
- English: Ethiopia, and the name of Ethiopia in most languages worldwide via either Greek or Latin
- Ge'ez: ኢትዮጵያ (ʾityop̣ya)
- Greek: Αιθιοπία (Aithiopía)
- Latin: Aethiopia
- Old Armenian: Եթովպիա (Etʻovpia)
References
- “Αἰθιοπία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Αἰθιοπία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Αἰθιοπία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
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- grc:Regions in Africa