Κίτιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Κῐ́ττῐον (Kíttion)

Etymology
From Phoenician 𐤊𐤕 (kt), 𐤊𐤕𐤉 (kty)[1] and connected to Egyptian
k
A Z1		 TAZ1
H_SPACE		 N17
Z1 N21		 xAst
 (kꜣṯꜣj),
kATAZ1
H_SPACE		 N17
Z1 N21		 N18
 (kꜣṯꜣj);[2] connected by Josephus to Hebrew כתים (Kittim), used in Hebrew to refer to Cyprus. Kittim could be from Akkadian for "invaders" or could instead be related to Khatti, Hatti.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Κῐ́τῐον • (Kítion) n (genitive Κῐτῐ́ου); second declension

  1. Citium; Larnaca, Cyprus

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ Κῐ́τῐον; τοῦ Κῐτῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ Κῐ́τῐον
tò Kítion
Genitive τοῦ Κῐτῐ́ου
toû Kitíou
Dative τῷ Κῐτῐ́ῳ
tôi Kitíōi
Accusative τὸ Κῐ́τῐον
tò Kítion
Vocative Κῐ́τῐον
Kítion
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Κῐτῐεύς (Kitieús)

Descendants
  • Greek: Κίτιο (Kítio)
  • Latin: Citium

References
  1. Yon, Marguerite, Childs, William A. P. (1997 November) “Kition in the Tenth to Fourth Centuries B. C.”, in Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research‎, volume 308, →DOI, page 11
  2. J. Simons (1937) Handbook for the study of Egyptian topographical lists relating to Western Asia, page 169

Further reading
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
  • Flourentzos, Paulos (1996). A Guide to the Larnaca District Museum. Nicosia: Ministry of Communications and Works - Department of Antiquities. p. 6
  • Josephus, Flavius. The Antiquities of the Jews 1.6.1.
  • Encyclopedia Biblica, 1899.
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