Rhizius

From Ancient Greek Ῥίζιος (Rhízios).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈriz.zi.us/, [ˈrɪz̪d̪͡z̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrid.d͡zi.us/, [ˈrid̪ː͡z̪ius]

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