Ethiopic

[ ee-thee-op-ik, -oh-pik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

a subdivision of Semitic languages that includes Amharic, Tigré, Tigrinya, and Geez, all of Ethiopia.
Geez.

Ethiopic

/ -ˈəʊpɪk; ˌiːθɪˈɒpɪk /

See Ge'ez
the ancient language of Ethiopia, belonging to the Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family: a Christian liturgical language See also Ge'ez
the group of languages developed from this language, including Amharic, Tigre, and Tigrinya

From the Latin word Aethiopicus, dating back to 1650–60. See Ethiop, -ic

The Ethiopic version, instead of "in those days," renders the expression in the thirty-ninth verse of 1st chap.

The Ethiopic version, which alone preserves the entire text, is a very faithful translation of the Greek.

Some of the utterly unintelligible passages in this fragment are literally reproduced in the Ethiopic.

The book was then lost sight of till 1773, when Bruce discovered the Ethiopic version in Abyssinia.

In 1821 Archbishop Laurence published a translation of the work, and in 1838 the Ethiopic text followed.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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