Chium

Latin

Etymology

From Chīum vīnum.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chīum n (genitive Chīī); second declension

  1. Chian wine; renowned sweet wines from the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Chīum Chīa
Genitive Chīī Chīōrum
Dative Chīō Chīīs
Accusative Chīum Chīa
Ablative Chīō Chīīs
Vocative Chīum Chīa

Adjective

Chīum

  1. inflection of Chīus (“Chian; of or from Chios”):
    1. nominative masculine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

Noun

Chium

  1. accusative singular of Chios (“the Greek island of Chios”)
  2. accusative singular of Chius (“the Greek island of Chios”)

Further reading
  • “Chium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Chium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Chium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 301.
  • Chium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1114
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