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
- T
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...merobiba. Pal. Quasi tu lagoenam dicas, ubi vinum Chium solet esse. Phaed. Quid opust verbis? vinosissima est; eaque..." - C
Chabrias
Cornelius Nepos
"...autem periit bello sociali tali modo. Oppugnabant Athenienses Chium. Erat in classe Chabrias privatus, sed omnes..." - L
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..." - Q
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..." - T
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...erant, in Erythraeam enarunt, pars uelis datis ad Chium naues eiecere relictisque equis effusa fuga urbem petebant..." - T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Samo ad petendos commeatus consumptis iam omnibus Chium parabant traicere; id erat horreum Romanis, eoque omnes ex Italia..." - T
Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...satis expresserunt, Rhodii et Eumenes domos dimissi; Romani Chium petentes, Phoenicuntem primum portum Erythraeae terrae praeteruecti, nocte ancoris..." - T
Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esse. Attali regis legatus naues captiuosque quae ad Chium nauali proelio capta essent, et Nicephorium Uenerisque templum quae..."
