Rhium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Rhion

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥίον (Rhíon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈri.um/, [ˈriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.um/, [ˈriːum]

Proper noun

Rhium n sg (genitive Rhiī or Rhī); second declension

1. A promontory and ancient town in Achaia, in modern Greece

Declension

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

• “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.