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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

  • Μῶν καὶ σύ τινα ὥσπερ ὁ Φάων τὴν Ἀφροδίτην ἐκ Χίου διεπόρθμευσασ, εἶτά σοι εὐξαμένῳ ἔδωκε νέον εἶναι καὶ καλὸν ἐξ ὑπαρχῆσ καὶ ἀξιέραστον; (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 4:3)
  • ὁ δὲ Χῖοσ Ιὤν τραγῳδίαν νικήσασ Ἀθήνησιν ἑκάστῳ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἔδωκε Χίου κεράμιον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 5 2:1)
  • διαβόητοι δὲ ἐπὶ σφαιρικῇ Δημοτέλησ ὁ Θεοκρίτου τοῦ Χίου σοφιστοῦ ἀδελφὸσ καί τισ Χαιρεφάνησ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 25 1:2)
  • Χίου δὲ οἴνου καὶ Θασίου μέμνηται Ἐπίλυκοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 513)
  • χαριέστατοσ δ’ ἐστὶν ὁ Χῖοσ καὶ τοῦ Χίου ὁ καλούμενοσ Ἀριούσιοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 59 3:2)

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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