Aethiopia
See also: aethiopia
English
Proper noun
Aethiopia
- (historical) Alternative form of Ethiopia (“a broad region of eastern Africa”)
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía), from Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops), of disputed origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯.tʰiˈo.pi.a/, [äe̯t̪ʰiˈɔpiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.tiˈo.pi.a/, [et̪iˈɔːpiä]
Proper noun
Aethiopia f sg (genitive Aethiopiae); first declension
- Ethiopia (a historical region in East Africa)
- (New Latin) Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Aethiopia |
Genitive | Aethiopiae |
Dative | Aethiopiae |
Accusative | Aethiopiam |
Ablative | Aethiopiā |
Vocative | Aethiopia |
Related terms
- aethiopicus
- aethiopus
- aethiopius
- Aethiopissa
- Aethiops
Descendants
References
- “Aethiopia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Aethiopia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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