Κίτιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Κῐ́ττῐον (Kĭ́ttĭon)

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤊𐤕 (kt), 𐤊𐤕𐤉 (kty)^[1] and connected to Egyptian

(kꜣṯꜣj),

(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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kí.ti.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ti.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ti.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ti.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ti.on/

Proper noun

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

Citium; Larnaca, Cyprus

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Κῐ́τῐον; τοῦ Κῐτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Κῐ́τῐον tò Kĭ́tĭon
Genitive	τοῦ Κῐτῐ́ου toû Kĭtĭ́ou
Dative	τῷ Κῐτῐ́ῳ tōî Kĭtĭ́ōi
Accusative	τὸ Κῐ́τῐον tò Kĭ́tĭon
Vocative	Κῐ́τῐον Kĭ́tĭon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Κῐτῐεύς (Kĭtĭeús)

Descendants

Greek: Κίτιο (Kítio)
Latin: Citium

References

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