chii
Dictionary entries
- Entry →chium, chii:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
small single seed of Alpine Raetic grape; Chian wine;
gen. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →Chius, Chia, Chium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Chian, of Chios; of Chian wine; characteristic/suggestive of Chios, luxurious;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
- Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...potius foliis parcus vescatur amaris; si positis intus Chii veterisque Falerni mille cadis—nihil est: tercentum milibus, acre..." - T
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Macedones ceciderunt, partim ante portam exclusos. clauserant enim Chii portas ignari, qui fugerent aut sequerentur. octingenti ferme Gallorum..." - T
Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...rege Aegypti Ptolomaeo Rhodiisque et Atheniensibus et Chiis uenerunt ad dirimendum inter Philippum atque Aetolos bellum. adhibitus..."
