Χίος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Likely to have come from a Pre-Greek language. Related to Κίος or Κέως ("Ceos island").
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰí.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰi.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxi.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçi.os/
Proper noun
Χῐ́ος • (Khíos) f (genitive Χῐ́ου); second declension
- Chios (island in the eastern Aegaean Sea)
Declension
Synonyms
- Αἰθᾰ́λειᾰ (Aitháleia)
Derived terms
- Χῖος (Khîos)
Descendants
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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
Further reading
Greek
Etymology
Ancient Greek Χίος (Khíos)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈçios/
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Χί-ος
Proper noun
Χίος • (Chíos) f
- Chios (an island, and its capital, in the northeast Aegaean Sea)
Declension
Further reading
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