Chii

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See also: chii and chií

Latin

Etymology

Substantive use of the plural form of the adjective Chīus, or from Ancient Greek Χῖοι (Khîoi).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chīī m pl (genitive Chīōrum); second declension

  1. Chians, Chiots; inhabitants of the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Chīī
Genitive Chīōrum
Dative Chīīs
Accusative Chīōs
Ablative Chīīs
Vocative Chīī

Adjective

Chīī

  1. inflection of Chīus (“Chian; of or from Chios”):
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Proper noun

Chīī n

  1. genitive singular of Chīum (“Chian wine; sweet wines from Chios”)

Proper noun

Chiī f

  1. genitive/locative of Chios (“the Greek island of Chios”)
  2. genitive/locative of Chius (“the Greek island of Chios”)

Further reading

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