Rhegium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion).

Pronunciation

(Classical) 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

One of the most important cities of Magna Graecia, situated near the southern end of Bruttium, now Reggio Calabria
(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.

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