Rhegium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɡi.um/, [ˈreːɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒi.um/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒium]

Proper noun

Rhēgium n sg (genitive Rhēgiī or Rhēgī); second declension

1. One of the most important cities of Magna Graecia, situated near the southern end of Bruttium, now Reggio Calabria
2. (As Rhēgium Lepidī) Reggio Emilia (a town in Emilia-Romagna, Italy)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rhēgium
Genitive	Rhēgiī Rhēgī1
Dative	Rhēgiō
Accusative	Rhēgium
Ablative	Rhēgiō
Vocative	Rhēgium
Locative	Rhēgiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Rhēgīnus

Descendants

• Italian: Reggio Calabria

References

• “Rhegium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Rhegium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.