Chilo

Chilo

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain moths.

• Cīlō (uncommon)

Related to Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰiː.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkiː.lo]

Chīlō m sg (genitive Chīlōnis); third declension

1. a cognomen used by the gens Annia, Flaminia, Tadia, and others.

   Lucius Flaminius Chilo

    

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.