Bruttium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Bruttiī, the name of the local tribe.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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