Rhium
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ῥίον (Rhíon).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈri.um/, [ˈriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈri.um/, [ˈriːum]
Proper noun edit
Rhium n sg (genitive Rhiī or Rhī); second declension
- A promontory and ancient town in Achaia, in modern Greece
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | 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 edit
- “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.