Chios

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See also: chíos

English

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Etymology

From Latin Chios, from Ancient Greek Χίος (Khíos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chios

  1. One of the Aegean islands of Greece.
  2. The capital of the island of Chios, Greece.

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Latin

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χῐ́ος (Khĭ́os).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chios f sg (genitive Chiī); second declension

  1. Chios (an island in the eastern Aegean Sea in Greece)

Usage notes

  • Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; Chios inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek Χίος.

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Chios
genitive Chiī
dative Chiō
accusative Chion
ablative Chiō
vocative Chie
locative Chiī

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Descendants

  • English: Chios

References

  • “Chī̆os”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Chĭŏs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 300/3.
  • “Chios”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “Chios (⁓us)” on page 310/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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