chium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →chia, chiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
Chian fig; (Chios/Chius island in Aegean off Ionia);
gen. pl. - 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;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. 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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...merobiba. Pal. Quasi tu lagoenam dicas, ubi vinum Chium solet esse. Phaed. Quid opust verbis? vinosissima est; eaque..."Chabrias
Cornelius Nepos
"...autem periit bello sociali tali modo. Oppugnabant Athenienses Chium. Erat in classe Chabrias privatus, sed omnes..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...concutit quicquid suo uigore tendebat. [19,1] Metrodorum Chium, quia necesse est, audiamus, quod uult sententiae loco dicentem..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...Cereris procedit fuscus Hydaspes Caecuba vina ferens, Alcon Chium maris expers. hic erus "Albanum, Maecenas, sive Falernum..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...erant, in Erythraeam enarunt, pars uelis datis ad Chium naues eiecere relictisque equis effusa fuga urbem petebant..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Samo ad petendos commeatus consumptis iam omnibus Chium parabant traicere; id erat horreum Romanis, eoque omnes ex Italia..."Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...satis expresserunt, Rhodii et Eumenes domos dimissi; Romani Chium petentes, Phoenicuntem primum portum Erythraeae terrae praeteruecti, nocte ancoris..."Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esse. Attali regis legatus naues captiuosque quae ad Chium nauali proelio capta essent, et Nicephorium Uenerisque templum quae..."
