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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥοίτειον (Rhoíteion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rhoetēum n sg (genitive Rhoetēī); second declension
- A promontory and ancient town in Troas, situated at the entrance of the Hellespont in modern Turkey
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- Rhoeteum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Rhoeteum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly