Αἰθίοψ, οπος, ὁ,
feminine Αἰθιοπίς, ίδος, ἡ (Αἰθίοψ as
feminine, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
plural Αἰθιοπῆες[
Refs 8th c.BC+]: (αἴθω, ὄψ):—properly,
Burnt-face, i.e.
Ethiopian, negro, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; proverbial, Αἰθίοπα σμήχειν 'to wash a blackamoor white', [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2)
a fish, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II)
adjective, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
substantive Αἰθιοπίς, ἡ, title of Epic poem in the Homeric cycle; also name of a plant,
silver sage, Salvia argentea, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]:— also Αἰθιόπιος, α, ον, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: Αἰθιοπικός, ή, όν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Αἰ. κύμινον, ={ἄμι}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
substantive Αἰθιοπία, ἡ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
red-brown, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]