Hyssus

From Ancient Greek Ὕσσος (Hússos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhys.sus/, [ˈhʏs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.sus/, [ˈisːus]

Hyssus m sg (genitive Hyssī); second declension

1. A small river of Pontus, now the Kara Dere
2. A town at the mouth of this river, now Sürmene

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “Hyssus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly