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. “Kition in the Tenth to Fourth Centuries B. C.”, in Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research‎, volume 308, November 1997, →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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