I.sunburnt, dark-complexioned races above Egypt].
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. Sen. 6; Juv. 6, 600; Flor. 4, 7.—
II. Adj., Ethiopian; in the masc.: “Aethiopes lacus,” Ov. M. 15, 320: “vir Aethiops,” Vulg. Act. 8, 7.