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
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..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Macedones ceciderunt, partim ante portam exclusos. clauserant enim Chii portas ignari, qui fugerent aut sequerentur. octingenti ferme Gallorum..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...rege Aegypti Ptolomaeo Rhodiisque et Atheniensibus et Chiis uenerunt ad dirimendum inter Philippum atque Aetolos bellum. adhibitus..."
