Χῖος,α,ον, ( contr. fromΧίιος)
A. oforfrom Chios, Χῖαι [κρηπῖδες] Hp. Art. 62 , cf. Aristomen. 11 , etc.; σύκινα
PCair.Zen. 33.12
(iii B. C.);Χ. ἀοιδός,i. e.Homer,
Theoc. 7.47 ; χ. ἄνθρωπος
D. 35.52
: prov.,Χῖος δεσπότην ὠνήσατο'caught a Tartar', Eup. 269 .
b. esp. οἶνος Χ.
Ar. Ec. 1139
: freq. withoutοἶνος,
Id. Fr. 216.3 , etc.; ἐν ἀκρήτῳ Χίῳ
AP 7.422
( Leon. ).
2. asSubst.,Χῖοιorοἱ ΧῖοιtheChians; without Art., Hdt. 1.142 , Th. 1.19 , 3.32 , etc.; with Art., Id. 8.15 , 22 , etc.
II. ὁ Χῖος(sc.βόλος), = κύων
v1 , the worst throw of the dice (cf.χιάς), i. e. the external face of theἀστράγαλος( Ruf. Oss. 38 ), with theace-dot,opp.Κῷος(q. v.), Χῖος παραστὰς Κῷον οὐκ ἐᾷ λέγειν