Chium

Latin

Etymology

From Chīum vīnum.

Pronunciation

• Chium: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.um/, [ˈkʰiʊ̃ˑ]
• Chium: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.um/, [ˈkiːum]

Proper noun

Chīum n (genitive Chīī); second declension

1. Chian wine; renowned sweet wines from the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	Chīum	Chīa
genitive	Chīī	Chīōrum
dative	Chīō	Chīīs
accusative	Chīum	Chīa
ablative	Chīō	Chīīs
vocative	Chīum	Chīa

Adjective

Chīum

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

Noun

Chium

1. accusative singular of Chios (“the Greek island of Chios”)
2. accusative singular of Chius (“the Greek island of Chios”)

Further reading

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