Aethiops

Aethiops , opis, m.: an Aethiopian.

Aethĭŏps (i long, Aethīops, Sid. Carm. 11, 18), ŏpis, m., = Αἰθίοψ [the Gr. geographers derived this word from αἴθω-ὤψ, and applied it to all the sunburnt, dark-complexioned races above Egypt].

• I Subst., an Ethiopian, Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189; Vulg. 2 Par. 12, 3; ib. Act. 8, 7.—
• • B Appel.
  • • 1 A black man, negro: derideat Aethiopem albus, Juv. 2, 23: Aethiopas videri, Plin. 32, 10, 52, § 141.—
    • 2 A coarse, dull, awkward man, a blockhead: cum hoc homine an cum stipite Aethiope, Cic. Red. in Sen. 6, 14; Juv. 6, 600; Flor. 4, 7.—
• II Adj., Ethiopian; in the masc.: Aethiopes lacus, Ov. M. 15, 320: vir Aethiops, Vulg. Act. 8, 7.

Aethiops [Αἰθίοψ] , Ethiopian. b dusky, blackened. 1237 nobiscum, qui Greci sumus, conveniunt ‥ illi qui in prima parte orientis habitant ~es (Lit. archiep. Constantinop.) M. Par. Maj. III 460; multi sunt alii ~es his tribus populis ‥ copulati Bacon Maj. I 313; a Chus usque nunc ~es dicti sunt Chusei Higd. II 7.  b Phebe ferrugine vultus / ethiopes odit Hanv. V 323.

Æthĭops, ŏpis, m. , ¶ 1 Éthiopien : Catul. 66, 52 ; Juv. 8, 33, etc. ¶ 2 Æthiops [fils de Vulcain] : Plin. 6, 187.

aethiops, opis. m.
地名。黑人。

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Aethiops opis, m

• , Αἰθίοψ(burnt-face), an Ethiopian, negro: stipes, a blockhead of a negro. —Adj., Ethiopian: lacūs (plur.), O.