Chius
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Chius
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ancient Greek Χῐ́ος (Khíos).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Chius: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʰi.us/, [ˈkʰiʊs̠]
- Chius: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈki.us/, [ˈkiːus]
Proper noun
[edit]Chius f sg (genitive Chiī); second declension
- Chios (an island in the eastern Aegean Sea in Greece)
- Chios (the capital city of Chios, North Aegean, island in the eastern Aegean Sea in Greece)
Usage notes
[edit]- Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; Chius inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek Χίος.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Chius |
genitive | Chiī |
dative | Chiō |
accusative | Chium |
ablative | Chiō |
vocative | Chie |
locative | Chiī |
Etymology 2
[edit]From Ancient Greek Χῖος (Khîos), contracted from Χίιος (Khíios).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Chīus: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʰiː.us/, [ˈkʰiːʊs̠]
- Chīus: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈki.us/, [ˈkiːus]
Adjective
[edit]Chīus (feminine Chīa, neuter Chīum); first/second-declension adjective
- Chian; of or from the Aegean island of Chios
- (substantively, masculine, chiefly in the plural) Chiot See also: Chii
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | Chīus | Chīa | Chīum | Chīī | Chīae | Chīa | |
genitive | Chīī | Chīae | Chīī | Chīōrum | Chīārum | Chīōrum | |
dative | Chīō | Chīae | Chīō | Chīīs | |||
accusative | Chīum | Chīam | Chīum | Chīōs | Chīās | Chīa | |
ablative | Chīō | Chīā | Chīō | Chīīs | |||
vocative | Chīe | Chīa | Chīum | Chīī | Chīae | Chīa |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
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