αἰθιοπίς

See also: Αἰθιοπίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Αἰθιοπίς (Aithiopís, “Ethiopian”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.tʰi.o.pís/ → /ɛ.θi.oˈpis/ → /e.θi.oˈpis/

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

Noun

αἰθῐοπῐ́ς • (aithiopís) f (genitive αἰθῐοπῐ́δος); third declension

1. Mediterranean sage (Salvia aethiopis)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ αἰθῐοπῐ́ς; τῆς αἰθῐοπῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἰθῐοπῐ́ς hē aithiopís	τὼ αἰθῐοπῐ́δε tṑ aithiopíde	αἱ αἰθῐοπῐ́δες hai aithiopídes
Genitive	τῆς αἰθῐοπῐ́δος tês aithiopídos	τοῖν αἰθῐοπῐ́δοιν toîn aithiopídoin	τῶν αἰθῐοπῐ́δων tôn aithiopídōn
Dative	τῇ αἰθῐοπῐ́δῐ têi aithiopídi	τοῖν αἰθῐοπῐ́δοιν toîn aithiopídoin	ταῖς αἰθῐοπῐ́σῐ / αἰθῐοπῐ́σῐν taîs aithiopísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν αἰθῐοπῐ́δᾰ tḕn aithiopída	τὼ αἰθῐοπῐ́δε tṑ aithiopíde	τᾱ̀ς αἰθῐοπῐ́δᾰς tā̀s aithiopídas
Vocative	αἰθῐοπῐ́ς aithiopís	αἰθῐοπῐ́δε aithiopíde	αἰθῐοπῐ́δες aithiopídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “αἰθιοπίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἰθιοπίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Αἰθιοπίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)