Αἰθιοπικός

See also: αιθιοπικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.tʰi.o.pi.kós/ → /ɛ.θi.o.piˈkos/ → /e.θi.o.piˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.tʰi.o.pi.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.tʰi.o.piˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.θi.o.piˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.θi.o.piˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.θi.o.piˈkos/

Adjective

Αἰθῐοπῐκός • (Aithiopikós) m (feminine Αἰθῐοπῐκή, neuter Αἰθῐοπῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Ethiopian
2. sunburned
3. (nominalized, masculine) an Ethiopian (person)

Declension

First and second declension of Αἰθῐοπῐκός; Αἰθῐοπῐκή; Αἰθῐοπῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		Αἰθῐοπῐκός Aithiopikós	Αἰθῐοπῐκή Aithiopikḗ	Αἰθῐοπῐκόν Aithiopikón		Αἰθῐοπῐκώ Aithiopikṓ	Αἰθῐοπῐκᾱ́ Aithiopikā́	Αἰθῐοπῐκώ Aithiopikṓ		Αἰθῐοπῐκοί Aithiopikoí	Αἰθῐοπῐκαί Aithiopikaí	Αἰθῐοπῐκᾰ́ Aithiopiká
Genitive		Αἰθῐοπῐκοῦ Aithiopikoû	Αἰθῐοπῐκῆς Aithiopikês	Αἰθῐοπῐκοῦ Aithiopikoû		Αἰθῐοπῐκοῖν Aithiopikoîn	Αἰθῐοπῐκαῖν Aithiopikaîn	Αἰθῐοπῐκοῖν Aithiopikoîn		Αἰθῐοπῐκῶν Aithiopikôn	Αἰθῐοπῐκῶν Aithiopikôn	Αἰθῐοπῐκῶν Aithiopikôn
Dative		Αἰθῐοπῐκῷ Aithiopikôi	Αἰθῐοπῐκῇ Aithiopikêi	Αἰθῐοπῐκῷ Aithiopikôi		Αἰθῐοπῐκοῖν Aithiopikoîn	Αἰθῐοπῐκαῖν Aithiopikaîn	Αἰθῐοπῐκοῖν Aithiopikoîn		Αἰθῐοπῐκοῖς Aithiopikoîs	Αἰθῐοπῐκαῖς Aithiopikaîs	Αἰθῐοπῐκοῖς Aithiopikoîs
Accusative		Αἰθῐοπῐκόν Aithiopikón	Αἰθῐοπῐκήν Aithiopikḗn	Αἰθῐοπῐκόν Aithiopikón		Αἰθῐοπῐκώ Aithiopikṓ	Αἰθῐοπῐκᾱ́ Aithiopikā́	Αἰθῐοπῐκώ Aithiopikṓ		Αἰθῐοπῐκούς Aithiopikoús	Αἰθῐοπῐκᾱ́ς Aithiopikā́s	Αἰθῐοπῐκᾰ́ Aithiopiká
Vocative		Αἰθῐοπῐκέ Aithiopiké	Αἰθῐοπῐκή Aithiopikḗ	Αἰθῐοπῐκόν Aithiopikón		Αἰθῐοπῐκώ Aithiopikṓ	Αἰθῐοπῐκᾱ́ Aithiopikā́	Αἰθῐοπῐκώ Aithiopikṓ		Αἰθῐοπῐκοί Aithiopikoí	Αἰθῐοπῐκαί Aithiopikaí	Αἰθῐοπῐκᾰ́ Aithiopiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		Αἰθῐοπῐκῶς Aithiopikôs				—				—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αιθιοπικός (aithiopikós)
• Latin: aethiopicus
  • Catalan: etiòpic
  • → English: Ethiopic
  • Italian: etiopico
  • Portuguese: etiópico
  • Spanish: etiópico

Further reading

• Αἰθιοπικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Αἰθιοπικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Αἰθιοπικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “Αἰθιοπικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010