Χίος
See also: Χῖος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Likely to have come from a Pre-Greek language. Related to Κίος or Κέως ("Ceos island").
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰí.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰi.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçi.os/
Proper noun edit
Χῐ́ος • (Khíos) f (genitive Χῐ́ου); second declension
- Chios (an island in the eastern Aegaean Sea)
Inflection edit
Synonyms edit
- Αἰθᾰ́λειᾰ (Aitháleia)
Derived terms edit
- Χῖος (Khîos)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Χίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Χίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Χίος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- G5508 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
Further reading edit
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek Χίος (Khíos)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Χίος • (Chíos) f
- Chios (an island, and its capital, in the northeast Aegaean Sea)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Χίος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
Noun edit
Χίος • (Chíos) m (plural Χίοι, feminine Χία)
Usage notes edit
From the ancient adjective Χῖος:
- the noun Xίος or Χιώτης m (Chiótis), feminine: Χιώτισσα (Chiótissa) ("person from Chios")
- the adjective χιώτικος (chiótikos) ("from Chios")
Declension edit
declension of Χίος