Bruttium

Latin

Etymology

From Bruttiī, the name of the local tribe

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbrut.ti.um/, [ˈbrʊt.ti.ũ]
Southern Italy in 280 b.C.

Proper noun

Bruttium n (genitive Bruttiī or Bruttī); second declension

  1. (geography) A district of southern Italy that spreads from Lucania to the Sicilian straits corresponding to the region of Calabria

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
nominative Bruttium
genitive Bruttiī
Bruttī1
dative Bruttiō
accusative Bruttium
ablative Bruttiō
vocative Bruttium

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

References

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