Χίος

See also: Χῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely to have come from a Pre-Greek language. Related to Κίος or Κέως ("Ceos island").

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰí.os/ → /ˈçi.os/ → /ˈçi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰí.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.os/

Proper noun

Χῐ́ος • (Khíos) f (genitive Χῐ́ου); second declension

1. Chios (an island in the eastern Aegaean Sea)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Χῐ́ος; τῆς Χῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Χῐ́ος hē Khíos
Genitive	τῆς Χῐ́ου tês Khíou
Dative	τῇ Χῐ́ῳ têi Khíōi
Accusative	τὴν Χῐ́ον tḕn Khíon
Vocative	Χῐ́ε Khíe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• Αἰθᾰ́λειᾰ (Aitháleia)

Derived terms

• Χῖος (Khîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Χίος (Chíos)
• Latin: Chios
  • English: Chios
  • Polish: Chios

References

• “Χίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Χίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Χίος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• G5508 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006

Further reading

• Chios on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek Χίος (Khíos)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈçios/

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• Hyphenation: Χί‧ος

Proper noun

Χίος • (Chíos) f

1. Chios (an island, and its capital, in the northeast Aegaean Sea)

Declension

Declension of Χίος

	singular
nominative	Χίος (Chíos)
genitive	Χίου (Chíou)
accusative	Χίο (Chío)
vocative	Χίε (Chíe) Χίο (Chío)

Further reading

• Χίος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

Noun

Χίος • (Chíos) m (plural Χίοι, feminine Χία)

1. (formal) a man from the island of Chios

   Polytonic spelling: Χῖος

Usage notes

From the ancient adjective Χῖος:

• the noun Xίος or Χιώτης m (Chiótis), feminine: Χιώτισσα (Chiótissa) ("person from Chios")
• the adjective χιώτικος (chiótikos) ("from Chios")

Declension

Declension of Χίος

	singular	plural
nominative	Χίος (Chíos)	Χίοι (Chíoi)
genitive	Χίου (Chíou)	Χίων (Chíon)
accusative	Χίο (Chío)	Χίους (Chíous)
vocative	Χίε (Chíe)	Χίοι (Chíoi)

Synonyms

• Χιώτης m (Chiótis), feminine: Χιώτισσα (Chiótissa) (standard)