Aethiopia

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aethiopia.

Proper noun

Aethiopia

  1. (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

Proper noun

Aethiopia f sg (genitive Aethiopiae); first declension

  1. Ethiopia (a historical region in East Africa)
  2. (New Latin) Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Aethiopia
genitive Aethiopiae
dative Aethiopiae
accusative Aethiopiam
ablative Aethiopiā
vocative Aethiopia

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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