Latin

Proper noun

Aethiops m ‎(genitive Aethiopis); third declension

1. Any of dark-skinned peoples living in Upper Egypt or beyond.
2. Ethiopian
3. Negro

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• Aethiops in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Aethiops in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Aethiops”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἰθίοψ ‎(Aithíops), from αἴθω ‎(aíthō, “burn”) + ὤψ ‎(ṓps, “face”). Compare Aethiops and Ethiopia.

Noun

aethiops

1. A specific name of several black animals

Derived terms

• Camponotus aethiops
• Cercopithecus aethiops
• Chlorocebus aethiops
• Diatrype aethiops
• Diloma aethiops
• Erebia aethiops
• Myrmecocichla aethiops
• Ophiclinus aethiops
• Parasyntomis aethiops
• Peristernia aethiops
• Thamnophilus aethiops
• Xenolechia aethiops

English

Noun

aethiops ‎(uncountable)

1. (obsolete, mineralogy) Any of various dark oxides or sulfides of metals