Chii

See also: chii and chií

Latin

Etymology

Substantive use of the plural form of the adjective Chīus, or from Ancient Greek Χῖοι (Khîoi).

Pronunciation

• Chiī: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.iː/, [ˈkʰiː]
• Chiī: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.i/, [ˈkiːi]

Proper noun

Chīī m pl (genitive Chīōrum); second declension

1. Chians, Chiots; inhabitants of the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Chīī
genitive	Chīōrum
dative	Chīīs
accusative	Chīōs
ablative	Chīīs
vocative	Chīī

Adjective

Chīī

1. inflection of Chīus (“Chian; of or from Chios”):
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Proper noun

Chīī n

1. genitive singular of Chīum (“Chian wine; sweet wines from Chios”)

Proper noun

Chiī f

1. genitive/locative of Chios (“the Greek island of Chios”)
2. genitive/locative of Chius (“the Greek island of Chios”)

Further reading

• “Chii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Chii”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Chii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 301.
• Chii in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1114