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