Κίτιον

Ancient Greek

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Kition

Alternative forms

Κῐ́ττῐον (Kíttion)

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤊𐤕 (kt), 𐤊𐤕𐤉 (kty)^[1] and connected to Egyptian

(kꜣṯꜣj),

(kꜣṯꜣj);^[2] connected by Josephus to Hebrew כתים (Kittim), used in Hebrew to refer to Cyprus. Kittim could be from Akkadian for "invaders" or could instead be related to Khatti, Hatti.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kí.ti.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ti.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ti.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ti.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ti.on/

Proper noun

Κῐ́τῐον • (Kítion) n (genitive Κῐτῐ́ου); second declension

Citium; Larnaca, Cyprus

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Κῐ́τῐον; τοῦ Κῐτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Κῐ́τῐον tò Kítion
Genitive	τοῦ Κῐτῐ́ου toû Kitíou
Dative	τῷ Κῐτῐ́ῳ tôi Kitíōi
Accusative	τὸ Κῐ́τῐον tò Kítion
Vocative	Κῐ́τῐον Kítion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Κῐτῐεύς (Kitieús)

Descendants

Greek: Κίτιο (Kítio)
Latin: Citium

References

^ Yon, Marguerite, Childs, William A. P. (1997 November) “Kition in the Tenth to Fourth Centuries B. C.”, in Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research‎^[1], volume 308, →DOI, page 11
^ J. Simons (1937) Handbook for the study of Egyptian topographical lists relating to Western Asia, page 169