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Χῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Χῖος Χῖη Χῖον

Structure: Χι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from Xi/os

Sense

  1. Chian, of or from Chios, Homer
  2. the Chians
  3. ace-dot

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative Χίος Χίᾱ Χίον
Genitive Χίου Χίᾱς Χίου
Dative Χίῳ Χίᾱͅ Χίῳ
Accusative Χίον Χίᾱν Χίον
Vocative Χίε Χίᾱ Χίον
DualN/A/V Χίω Χίᾱ Χίω
G/D Χίοιν Χίαιν Χίοιν
PluralNominative Χίοι Χίαι Χία
Genitive Χίων Χιῶν Χίων
Dative Χίοις Χίαις Χίοις
Accusative Χίους Χίᾱς Χία
Vocative Χίοι Χίαι Χία
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective Χίος Χίου Χιώτερος Χιωτέρου Χιώτατος Χιωτάτου
Adverb Χίως Χιώτερον Χιώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Χία δὲ κύλιξ ὑψοῦ κρέμαται περὶ πασσαλόφιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 61 1:4)
  • ἐν δὲ τῷ ἔργῳ περιπλέοντι τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ τοὺσ οἰκείουσ ἐπισπέρχοντι, Χία συμμαχὶσ ἐμβαλοῦσα ἐκ θορύβου κατέσεισε· (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 4 4:6)
  • πρὸσ τὴν Γνάθαιναν Δίφιλοσ κληθείσ ποτε ἐπὶ δεῖπνον, ὡσ λέγουσι, τοῖσ Ἀφροδισίοισ, τιμώμενοσ μάλιστα τῶν ἐρωμένων ἥσθε δ’ ὑπ’ αὐτῆσ ἐκτενῶσ ἀγαπώμενοσ παρῆν ἔχων δύο Χῖα, Θάσια τέτταρα, μύρον, στεφάνουσ, τραγήματ’, ἔριφον, ταινίασ, ὄψον, μάγειρον, τὰ μετὰ ταῦτ’ αὐλητρίδα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 43 1:4)
  • "σύκων γένη κατὰ τὴν Ῥώμην γινομένων, τά τε καλούμενα Χῖα καὶ τὰ Λιβιανά, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰ Χαλκιδικὰ ὀνομαζόμενα καὶ τὰ Ἀφρικανά, ὡσ καὶ Ἡρόδοτοσ ὁ Λύκιοσ μαρτυρεῖ ἐν τῷ περὶ σύκων συγγράμματι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 637)
  • τὰ δὲ Τραλλιανὰ ἀναλογεῖ τοῖσ Ῥοδίοισ, τὰ δὲ Χῖα καὶ τἄλλα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 19 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. the Chians

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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