Rhegium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

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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

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Descendants

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  • Italian: Reggio Calabria

References

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  • 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.