(Subst.Adj.) : 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].
* Subst., an Ethiopian, Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189; Vulg. 2 Par. 12, 3; ib. Act. 8, 7.
* Appel.
* Adj., Ethiopian; in the masc.: Aethiopes lacus,Ov. M. 15, 320: vir Aethiops,Vulg. Act. 8, 7.
* A coarse, dull, awkward man, a blockhead: cum hoc homine an cum stipite Aethiope,Cic. Sen. 6; Juv. 6, 600; Flor. 4, 7.

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