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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥῶσος (Rhôsos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rhōsus f sg (genitive Rhōsī); second declension
- A coastal town in Syria, situated on the gulf of Issus
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- Rhosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Rhosus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly