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Latin
Etymology
From brūtus: as a noun, a substantivisation of its neuter forms, in elliptical use for animal brūtum (“an irrational living creature”, “a brute animal”); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.
Pronunciation
Noun
brūtum n (genitive brūtī); second declension
- a senseless beast, a brute (an animal without the capacity for reason)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Seneca the Younger to this entry?)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- brūtum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 229/3.
Adjective
brūtum
- inflection of brūtus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular