Κίτιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Κῐ́ττῐον (Kíttion)

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤊𐤕‎ (kt), 𐤊𐤕𐤉‎ (kty)[1] and connected to Egyptian

(kꜣṯꜣj),

(kꜣṯꜣj)[2]; 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

(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

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

References

“Kition in the Tenth to Fourth Centuries B. C.”, in Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research‎, volume 308, November 1997, DOI:10.2307/1357405, page 11
J. Simons (1937) Handbook for the study of Egyptian topographical lists relating to Western Asia, page 169