aethiopi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Aethiops, (gen.), Aethiopis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Africa
Ethiopian, of/connected with "Ethiopia"/Sudan/central Africa;
abl. sg. (all)dat. sg. (all) - Entry →Aethiops, Aethiopis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Africa
Ethiopian, inhabitant of "Ethiopia"/Sudan; negro/black man; black slave;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...distendere uellet et uexare uterum pueris salientibus, esses Aethiopis fortasse pater, mox decolor heres impleret tabulas numquam tibi..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...commune uitium singulis obiecit. Non est Aethiopis inter suos insignitus color, nec rufus crinis et coactus in nodum..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...comae mea fata sorores lugebant, cum se Memnonis Aethiopis unigena impellens nutantibus aera pennis obtulit Arsinoes Locridis ales..."
