brutum

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.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbruː.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbruː.t̪um]

brūtum n (genitive brūtī); second declension

1. 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?)

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• brūtum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 229/3.

brūtum

1. inflection of brūtus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular