Αἰθιοπία
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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
- Ethiopia (a historical region in East Africa)
Inflection
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Αἰθιοπικός (Aithiopikós)
- Αἰθιόπιος (Aithiópios)
- Αἰθιοπίς (Aithiopís)
Descendants
- → Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ (ʾityop̣ya)
- → Coptic: ⲑⲉⲟⲡⲓⲁ (theopia)
- → English: Ethiopia
- → Ge'ez: ኢትዮጵያ (ʾityop̣ya)
- → German: Äthiopien
- Greek: Αιθιοπία (Aithiopía)
- → Latin: Aethiopia
- → Old Armenian: Եթովպիա (Etʻovpia)
- 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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- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
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