Αἰθιοπία

See also: Αιθιοπία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops) +‎ -ία (-ía), of uncertain further origin (see the article).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Αἰθιοπίᾱ • (Aithiopíā) f (genitive Αἰθιοπίᾱς); first declension

  1. Ethiopia (a historical region of East Africa)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Αἰθιοπίᾱ; τῆς Αἰθιοπίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Αἰθιοπίᾱ
hē Aithiopíā
Genitive τῆς Αἰθιοπίᾱς
tês Aithiopíās
Dative τῇ Αἰθιοπίᾳ
tēî Aithiopíāi
Accusative τὴν Αἰθιοπίᾱν
tḕn Aithiopíān
Vocative Αἰθιοπίᾱ
Aithiopíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ (ʾityop̣ya)
  • → Coptic: ⲑⲉⲟⲡⲓⲁ (theopia)
  • → English: Ethiopia
  • → Ge'ez: ኢትዮጵያ (ʾityop̣ya)
  • → German: Äthiopien
  • Greek: Αιθιοπία (Aithiopía)
  • → Latin: Aethiopia
  • → Old Armenian: Եթովպիա (Etʻovpia)

References

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