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词汇 Ethiopic
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Definition of Ethiopic in English:

Ethiopic

noun ˌiːθɪˈɒpɪk
  • another term for Ge'ez
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a teenager and adult he studied Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Chaldean, Chinese, Coptic, Ethiopic, Sanskrit, Zend, Pahlevi and Persian.
    • Dedicating himself to the study of various oriental languages - including Persian, Ethiopic, Sanskrit, Zend, Pahlevi and Arabic - Champollion also began work on a dictionary and grammar of the Coptic language.
    • As a boy, he also taught himself to read Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Chaldean and Chinese, and he would later add Coptic, Ethiopic, Sanskrit, Zend, Pahlevi and Persian.
    • The translation of the Bible into Latin marks the beginning of a parting of the ways between Western Latin-speaking Christianity and Eastern Christianity, which spoke Greek, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, and other languages.
    • The Ethiopian delegation also circulated elegant 15th-century Psalters written in Ethiopic and used in churches throughout northern and eastern Africa.
adjective ˌiːθɪˈɒpɪk
  • In or relating to Ge'ez.

    (与)古埃塞俄比亚语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Arabic is a Semitic language related to Aramaic, Hebrew, various Ethiopic languages, and others.
    • The Bibles of the Eastern Churches vary considerably: the Ethiopic Orthodox canon includes 81 books and contains many apocalyptic texts, such as were found at Qumran and subsequently excluded from the Jewish canon.
    • It was not until 1773 that two Ethiopic manuscripts were discovered in Abyssinia.
    • The complete text was thought to have perished when it was discovered in two Ethiopic manuscripts in Abyssinia, by the traveller Bruce in 1773.

Origin

Mid 17th century (as an adjective): via Latin from Greek aithiopikos, from Aethiops (see Ethiopia).

Definition of Ethiopic in US English:

Ethiopic

noun
  • another term for Ge'ez
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a teenager and adult he studied Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Chaldean, Chinese, Coptic, Ethiopic, Sanskrit, Zend, Pahlevi and Persian.
    • The translation of the Bible into Latin marks the beginning of a parting of the ways between Western Latin-speaking Christianity and Eastern Christianity, which spoke Greek, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, and other languages.
    • As a boy, he also taught himself to read Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Chaldean and Chinese, and he would later add Coptic, Ethiopic, Sanskrit, Zend, Pahlevi and Persian.
    • Dedicating himself to the study of various oriental languages - including Persian, Ethiopic, Sanskrit, Zend, Pahlevi and Arabic - Champollion also began work on a dictionary and grammar of the Coptic language.
    • The Ethiopian delegation also circulated elegant 15th-century Psalters written in Ethiopic and used in churches throughout northern and eastern Africa.
adjective
  • Of, in, or relating to Ge'ez.

    (与)古埃塞俄比亚语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Bibles of the Eastern Churches vary considerably: the Ethiopic Orthodox canon includes 81 books and contains many apocalyptic texts, such as were found at Qumran and subsequently excluded from the Jewish canon.
    • Arabic is a Semitic language related to Aramaic, Hebrew, various Ethiopic languages, and others.
    • The complete text was thought to have perished when it was discovered in two Ethiopic manuscripts in Abyssinia, by the traveller Bruce in 1773.
    • It was not until 1773 that two Ethiopic manuscripts were discovered in Abyssinia.

Origin

Mid 17th century (as an adjective): via Latin from Greek aithiopikos, from Aethiops (see Ethiopia).

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