Chium

Latin

Etymology

From Chīum vīnum.

Pronunciation

• Chium: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.um/, [ˈkʰiʊ̃ˑ]
• Chium: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.um/, [ˈkiːum]

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