Chii
Latin
editEtymology
editSubstantive use of the plural form of the adjective Chīus, or from Ancient Greek Χῖοι (Khîoi).
Pronunciation
edit- Chiī: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʰi.iː/, [ˈkʰiː]
- Chiī: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈki.i/, [ˈkiːi]
Proper noun
editChīī m pl (genitive Chīōrum); second declension
- Chians, Chiots; inhabitants of the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Chīī |
Genitive | Chīōrum |
Dative | Chīīs |
Accusative | Chīōs |
Ablative | Chīīs |
Vocative | Chīī |
Adjective
editChīī
- inflection of Chīus (“Chian; of or from Chios”):
Proper noun
editChīī n
Proper noun
editChiī f
- genitive/locative of Chios (“the Greek island of Chios”)
- genitive/locative of Chius (“the Greek island of Chios”)
Further reading
edit- “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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