Κίτιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κῐ́ττῐον (Kíttion)

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤊𐤕 (kt), 𐤊𐤕𐤉 (kty) and connected to Egyptian (kꜣṯꜣj), (kꜣṯꜣj); 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

 

• IPA^(key): /kí.ti.on/ → /ˈci.ti.on/ → /ˈci.ti.on/

• (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

1. 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

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
• Flourentzos, Paulos (1996). A Guide to the Larnaca District Museum. Nicosia: Ministry of Communications and Works - Department of Antiquities. p. 6
• Josephus, Flavius. The Antiquities of the Jews 1.6.1.
• Encyclopedia Biblica, 1899.