Χίος

See also: Χῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely to have come from a Pre-Greek language. Related to Κίος or Κέως ("Ceos island").

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰí.os/ → /ˈçi.os/ → /ˈçi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰí.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.os/

Proper noun

Χῐ́ος • (Khíos) f (genitive Χῐ́ου); second declension

1. Chios (an island in the eastern Aegaean Sea)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Χῐ́ος; τῆς Χῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Χῐ́ος hē Khíos
Genitive	τῆς Χῐ́ου tês Khíou
Dative	τῇ Χῐ́ῳ têi Khíōi
Accusative	τὴν Χῐ́ον tḕn Khíon
Vocative	Χῐ́ε Khíe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• Αἰθᾰ́λειᾰ (Aitháleia)

Derived terms

• Χῖος (Khîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Χίος (Chíos)
• Latin: Chios
  • English: Chios

References

• “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

• Chios on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek Χίος (Khíos)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈçios/

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• Hyphenation: Χί-ος

Proper noun

Χίος • (Chíos) f

1. Chios (an island, and its capital, in the northeast Aegaean Sea)

Declension

  Χίος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Χίος •
genitive	Χίου •
accusative	Χίο •
vocative	Χίε •  Χίο •

Further reading

• Χίος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

Noun

Χίος • (Chíos) m (plural Χίοι, feminine Χία)

1. (formal) a man from the island of Chios

   Polytonic spelling: Χῖος

Declension

Declension of Χίος

	singular	plural
nominative	Χίος •	Χίοι •
genitive	Χίου •	Χίων •
accusative	Χίο •	Χίους •
vocative	Χίε •	Χίοι •

Synonyms

• Χιώτης m (Chiótis), feminine: Χιώτισσα (Chiótissa) (standard)

Usage notes

From the ancient adjective Χῖος:

• the noun Xίος or Χιώτης m (Chiótis), feminine: Χιώτισσα (Chiótissa) ("person from Chios")
• the adjective χιώτικος (chiótikos) ("from Chios")