aethiopicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπικός (Aithiopikós). By surface analysis, Aethiops +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯.tʰiˈo.pi.kus/, [äe̯t̪ʰiˈɔpɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.tiˈo.pi.kus/, [et̪iˈɔːpikus]

Adjective

aethiopicus (feminine aethiopica, neuter aethiopicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Ethiopian, of or pertaining to the Ethiopian people.
2. (post-Classical, transferred sense) Dark-skinned, black.
   • 1142, Orderic Vitalis, Historia Ecclesiastica, section 8.17:

     Mox illi avolarunt, Aethiopicamque phalangem prosecuti sunt.

     They fled at once, and followed the dark-skinned regiment.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aethiopicus	aethiopica	aethiopicum		aethiopicī	aethiopicae	aethiopica
genitive	aethiopicī	aethiopicae	aethiopicī		aethiopicōrum	aethiopicārum	aethiopicōrum
dative	aethiopicō		aethiopicō		aethiopicīs
accusative	aethiopicum	aethiopicam	aethiopicum		aethiopicōs	aethiopicās	aethiopica
ablative	aethiopicō	aethiopicā	aethiopicō		aethiopicīs
vocative	aethiopice	aethiopica	aethiopicum		aethiopicī	aethiopicae	aethiopica

Related terms

• Aethiopia
• aethiopus
• aethiopius

Descendants

• Catalan: etiòpic
• → English: Ethiopic
• Italian: etiopico
• Portuguese: etiópico
• Spanish: etiópico

Noun

aethiopicus m (genitive aethiopicī, feminine aethiopica); second declension

1. an Ethiopian (person)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine		masculine	feminine
nominative	aethiopicus	aethiopica		aethiopicī	aethiopicae
genitive	aethiopicī	aethiopicae		aethiopicōrum	aethiopicārum
dative	aethiopicō			aethiopicīs	aethiopicīs
accusative	aethiopicum	aethiopicam		aethiopicōs	aethiopicās
ablative	aethiopicō	aethiopicā		aethiopicīs	aethiopicīs
vocative	aethiopice	aethiopica		aethiopicī	aethiopicae