Bruttium
Latin
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Etymology
[edit]From Bruttiī, the name of the local tribe.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbrut.ti.um/, [ˈbrʊt̪ːiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbrut.ti.um/, [ˈbrut̪ːium]
Proper noun
[edit]Bruttium n sg (genitive Bruttiī or Bruttī); second declension
- An ancient district in southern Italy that spreads from Lucania to the Sicilian straits corresponding to the region of Calabria
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Bruttium |
Genitive | Bruttiī Bruttī1 |
Dative | Bruttiō |
Accusative | Bruttium |
Ablative | Bruttiō |
Vocative | Bruttium |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “Bruttium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly