Rhium
Latin
Alternative forms
- Rhion
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ῥίον (Rhíon).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈrʰi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈriː.um]
Proper noun
Rhium n sg (genitive Rhiī or Rhī); second declension
- a promontory and ancient town in Achaia, in modern Greece
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Rhium |
| genitive | Rhiī Rhī1 |
| dative | Rhiō |
| accusative | Rhium |
| ablative | Rhiō |
| vocative | Rhium |
| locative | Rhiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Rhium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Rhium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Rhium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.