Chius

English

Proper noun

Chius

1. plural of Chiu

Anagrams

• CHUIs, Chuis, USICH, cuish

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Χῐ́ος (Khíos).

Alternative forms

• Chios

Pronunciation

• Chius: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.us/, [ˈkʰiʊs̠]
• Chius: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.us/, [ˈkiːus]

Proper noun

Chius f sg (genitive Chiī); second declension

1. Chios (an island in the eastern Aegean Sea in Greece)
2. Chios (the capital city of Chios, North Aegean, island in the eastern Aegean Sea in Greece)

Usage notes

• Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; Chius inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek Χίος.

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Chius
Genitive	Chiī
Dative	Chiō
Accusative	Chium
Ablative	Chiō
Vocative	Chie
Locative	Chiī

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Χῖος (Khîos), contracted from Χίιος (Khíios).

Pronunciation

• Chīus: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰiː.us/, [ˈkʰiːʊs̠]
• Chīus: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.us/, [ˈkiːus]

Adjective

Chīus (feminine Chīa, neuter Chīum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Chian; of or from the Aegean island of Chios
2. (substantively, masculine, chiefly in the plural) Chiot
   See also: Chii

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Chīus	Chīa	Chīum		Chīī	Chīae	Chīa
Genitive	Chīī	Chīae	Chīī		Chīōrum	Chīārum	Chīōrum
Dative	Chīō		Chīō		Chīīs
Accusative	Chīum	Chīam	Chīum		Chīōs	Chīās	Chīa
Ablative	Chīō	Chīā	Chīō		Chīīs
Vocative	Chīe	Chīa	Chīum		Chīī	Chīae	Chīa

Derived terms

• Chīī
• Chīum

Further reading

• “Chius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Chius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Chius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 301.
• Chius in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1114