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English
Proper noun
Chius
- plural of Chiu
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek Χῐ́ος (Khíos).
Pronunciation
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.
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek Χῖος (Khîos), contracted from Χίιος (Khíios).
Pronunciation
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
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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