Bruttium

Latin
Southern Italy in 280 B.C.E.

Etymology

From Bruttiī, the name of the local tribe.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbrut.ti.um/, [ˈbrʊt̪ːiʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbrut.ti.um/, [ˈbrut̪ːium]

Proper noun

Bruttium n sg (genitive Bruttiī or Bruttī); second declension

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

Declension

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
  • “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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