Αἰθιοπία
Aithiopia, Ethiopia
Translated by Catharine Roth29 Oct 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
A country.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἰθιοπία· χώρα.
Betacode
*ai)qiopi/a: xw/ra.
Notes
- cf. alphaiota 126, alphaiota 129.
Ethiopia was 'a name usually applied by the Greeks to any region in the far south (but north of the equator). Perhaps originally designating radiance reflected by dwellers in the east from the morning star, it soon came to mean the land of the "Burnt-faced People"' (OCD(4) s.v., pp.538-9).