Chios

Chios

See also: chíos

English

Alternative forms

• Khios

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Chios, from Ancient Greek Χίος (Khíos).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ɑs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.ɒs/

Proper noun

Chios

1. one of the Aegean islands of Greece
2. capital of the island

Translations

island

Armenian: Քիոս (Kʿios) Finnish: Khios French: Chio (fr) Greek: Χίος (el) f (Chíos) Ancient: Χίος (Khíos)

Italian: Chio f Latin: Chios Russian: Хиос (ru) (Xios) Spanish: Quíos Turkish: Sakız (tr)

city

Finnish: Khios French: Chio (fr)

Greek: Χίος (el) f (Chíos)

Anagrams

• Chois, Sochi

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Chius

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χῐ́ος (Khíos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.os/, [ˈkʰi.ɔs]

Proper noun

Chios f sg (genitive Chiī); second declension

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Chios
Genitive	Chiī
Dative	Chiō
Accusative	Chion
Ablative	Chiō
Vocative	Chie
Locative	Chiī

Synonyms

• Aethalia

Related terms

• Chīus (adjective)

Descendants

• English: Chios

References

• Chī̆os in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Chĭŏs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 300/3
• Chios in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Chios (⁓us)” on page 310/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)