Chium

Latin

Etymology

From Chīum vīnum.

Pronunciation

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
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