Quick Definition
Αἰθίοψ, οπος, ὁ n.m. an Ethiopian
Strong's Definition
from aitho (to scorch) and ops (the face, from 3700); an Æthiopian (as a blackamoor)
KJV Usage: Ethiopian
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Αἰθίοψ, -οπος. 6, (atm to burn, and ὧψ [ὄψ᾽] the face ; swarthy), Ethiopian (Hebr. v3): Acts viii. 27, here the reference is to upper Ethiopia, called Habesh or Abyssinia, a country of Africa adjoining Egypt and including the island Meroé; [see Dillmann in Schenkel i. 285 sqq.; Alex.’s Kitto or Me. and S. 8. v. Ethiopia. Cf. Bib. Saer. for 1866, p. 515).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Αἰθίοψ Aithiops 2x
an Ethiopian, Acts 8:27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Αἰθίοψ, -οπος, ὁ
(< αἴθω, to burn, ὤψ, face; i.e. swarthy), [in LXX for כּוּשׁ;]
Ethiopian: Ac 8:27.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Αἰθίοψ (Aithiops) — Ethiopian. Αἰθίοψ, οπος, ὁ, feminine Αἰθιοπίς, ίδος, ἡ (Αἰθίοψ as feminine, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: plural Αἰθιοπῆες[Refs 8th c.BC+]: (αἴθω, ὄψ):—properly, Burnt-face, i.e. Ethiopian, negro, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; proverbial, Αἰθίοπα σμήχειν 'to wash a blackamoor white', [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. a fish, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II. adjective, [Refs 5th c.BC+]substantive Αἰθιοπίς, ἡ, title of Epic poem in the Homeric cycle; also name of a plant, silver sage, Salvia argentea, [Refs 1st c.AD+]:— also Αἰθιόπιος, α, ον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Αἰθιοπικός, ή, όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Αἰ. κύμινον, ={ἄμι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—substantive Αἰθιοπία, ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. red-brown, [Refs 1st c.BC+]