Rhium

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ῥίον (Rhíon).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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

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

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

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

References

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  • 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.