Chius

== English == === Proper noun === Chius plural of Chiu === Anagrams === CHUIs, Chuis, USICH, cuish == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek Χῐ́ος (Khĭ́os). ==== Alternative forms ==== Chios ==== Pronunciation ==== Chius: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʰi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkiː.us] ==== Proper noun ==== Chius f sg (genitive Chiī); second declension Chios (an island in the eastern Aegean Sea in Greece) Chios (the capital city of Chios, North Aegean, island in the eastern Aegean Sea in Greece) ===== Usage notes ===== Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; Chius inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek Χίος. ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ===== Descendants ===== Middle French: Chie === Etymology 2 === From Ancient Greek Χῖος (Khîos), contracted from Χίιος (Khíios). ==== Pronunciation ==== Chīus: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʰiː.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkiː.us] ==== Adjective ==== Chīus (feminine Chīa, neuter Chīum); first/second-declension adjective Chian; of or from the Aegean island of Chios (substantively, masculine, chiefly in the plural) Chiot ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== Chīī Chīum === Further reading === “Chius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Chius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Chius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 301. Chius in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1114