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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion).
Pronunciation
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.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Descendants
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.