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Chius

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English

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Proper noun

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Chius

  1. plural of Chiu

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek Χῐ́ος (Khíos).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Chius f sg (genitive Chiī); second declension

  1. Chios (an island in the eastern Aegean Sea in Greece)
  2. Chios (the capital city of Chios, North Aegean, island in the eastern Aegean Sea in Greece)
Usage notes
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  • Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; Chius inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek Χίος.
Declension
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Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Chius
genitive Chiī
dative Chiō
accusative Chium
ablative Chiō
vocative Chie
locative Chiī

Etymology 2

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From Ancient Greek Χῖος (Khîos), contracted from Χίιος (Khíios).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Chīus (feminine Chīa, neuter Chīum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Chian; of or from the Aegean island of Chios
  2. (substantively, masculine, chiefly in the plural) Chiot
    See also: Chii
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms
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Further reading

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