Latin

Proper noun

Rhēgium n ‎(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

Declension

Second declension.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Rhegium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.