Αἰθιοπία

See also: Αιθιοπία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

An -ία (-ía) derivation of Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops), of disputed origin (see the article).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.tʰi.o.pí.aː/ → /ɛ.θi.oˈpi.a/ → /e.θi.oˈpi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.tʰi.o.pí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.tʰi.oˈpi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.θi.oˈpi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.θi.oˈpi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.θi.oˈpi.a/

Proper noun

Αἰθιοπίᾱ • (Aithiopíā) f (genitive Αἰθιοπίᾱς); first declension

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 Biblical Hebrew כּוּשׁ (kûš), the Biblical term for "black Africa".

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Αἰθιοπίᾱ; τῆς Αἰθιοπίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Αἰθιοπίᾱ hē Aithiopíā
Genitive	τῆς Αἰθιοπίᾱς tês Aithiopíās
Dative	τῇ Αἰθιοπίᾳ têi Aithiopíāi
Accusative	τὴν Αἰθιοπίᾱν tḕn Aithiopíān
Vocative	Αἰθιοπίᾱ Aithiopíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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