Rhytium

See also: rhytium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥύτιον (Rhútion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈry.ti.um/, [ˈrʏt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrit.t͡si.um/, [ˈrit̪ː͡s̪ium]

Proper noun

Rhytium n sg (genitive Rhytiī or Rhytī); second declension

1. A town in Crete

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Rhytium
genitive	Rhytiī Rhytī1
dative	Rhytiō
accusative	Rhytium
ablative	Rhytiō
vocative	Rhytium
locative	Rhytiī

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

References

• Rhytium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Rhytium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly