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Latin
Etymology
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Proper noun
Butrium n sg (genitive Butriī or Butrī); second declension
- A town in Cisalpine Gaul, whose location is unknown
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Butrium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Butrium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.