Chius
English
Proper noun
Chius
- plural of Chiu
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek Χῐ́ος (Khĭ́os).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Chius: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʰi.ʊs]
- Chius: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkiː.us]
Proper noun
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
- Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; Chius inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek Χίος.
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Chius |
| genitive | Chiī |
| dative | Chiō |
| accusative | Chium |
| ablative | Chiō |
| vocative | Chie |
| locative | Chiī |
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek Χῖος (Khîos), contracted from Χίιος (Khíios).
Pronunciation
- Chīus: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʰiː.ʊs]
- Chīus: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkiː.us]
Adjective
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
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Further reading
- “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