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

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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
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