Bruttium

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin Bruttium. === Proper noun === Bruttium (historical) A former district of southern Italy in the time of the Roman Empire. == Latin == === Etymology === From Bruttiī, the name of the local tribe. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbrʊt.ti.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbrut.ti.um] === Proper noun === 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 (New Latin) Calabria (a region in southern Italy) Synonym: Calabria ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === See also === === References === “Bruttium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly