Αἰθίοψ

aithiops

Burnt-face

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 5
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Book 1 2
Chapter ?

122
123
Book 4 1
Chapter ?

484
Book 5 2
Chapter ?

5282
5287
Iliad 2
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1423
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23206

Dictionary (LSJ)

Αἰθίοψ, οπος, ὁ, fem. Αἰθιοπίς, ίδος, ἡ (Αἰθίοψ as fem., A. Fr. 328, 329): pl. Αἰθιοπῆες Il. 1.423, whence nom. Αἰθιοπεύς Call. Del. 208: (αἴθω, ὄψ):—A. properly, Burnt-face, i.e. Ethiopian, negro, Hom., etc.; prov., Αἰθίοπα σμήχειν ‘to wash a blackamoor white’, Luc. Ind. 28. 2. a fish, Agatharch. 109. II. Adj., Ethiopian, Αἰθιοπὶς γλῶσσα Hdt. 3.19; γῆ A. Fr. 300, E. Fr. 228.4: Subst. Αἰθιοπίς, ἡ, title of Epic poem in the Homeric cycle; also name of a plant, silver sage, Salvia argentea, Dsc. 4.104:— also Αἰθιόπιος, α, ον, E. Fr. 349: Αἰθιοπικός, ή, όν, Hdt., etc.; Αἰ. κύμινον, = ἄμι, Hp. Morb. 3.17, Dsc. 3.62:—Subst. Αἰθιοπία, ἡ, Hdt., etc. 2. red-brown, AP 7.196 (Mel.), cf. Ach. Tat.4.5.

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