Rhizius

From Ancient Greek Ῥίζιος (Rhízios).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrʰɪz.zi.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrid̪.d̪͡z̪i.us]

Rhizius m sg (genitive Rhiziī or Rhizī); second declension

1. a small river in Pontus, mentioned by Arrian

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• “Rhizius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly