Αἰθίοψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally explained as αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “face”), though this may be a folk etymology. Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀂𐀴𐀍𐀦 (a-i-ti-jo-qo).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.tʰí.ops/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈtʰi.ops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈθi.ops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈθi.ops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈθi.ops/
Noun
Αἰθίοψ • (Aithíops) m (genitive Αἰθίοπος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Αἰθῐ́οψ ho Aithíops |
τὼ Αἰθῐ́οπε tṑ Aithíope |
οἱ Αἰθῐ́οπες hoi Aithíopes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Αἰθῐ́οπος toû Aithíopos |
τοῖν Αἰθῐόποιν toîn Aithiópoin |
τῶν Αἰθῐόπων tôn Aithiópōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Αἰθῐ́οπῐ tôi Aithíopi |
τοῖν Αἰθῐόποιν toîn Aithiópoin |
τοῖς Αἰθῐ́οψῐ(ν) toîs Aithíopsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Αἰθῐ́οπᾰ tòn Aithíopa |
τὼ Αἰθῐ́οπε tṑ Aithíope |
τοὺς Αἰθῐ́οπᾰς toùs Aithíopas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Αἰθῐ́οψ Aithíops |
Αἰθῐ́οπε Aithíope |
Αἰθῐ́οπες Aithíopes | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
- Greek: Αιθίοψ (Aithíops), Αιθίοπας (Aithíopas)
Further reading
- Αἰθίοψ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Αἰθίοψ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Αἰθίοψ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
- Αἰθίοψ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G128 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
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