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Latin
Etymology
From Hirpīnī, the name of the local tribe.
Proper noun
Hirpīnia f sg (genitive Hirpīniae); first declension
- A Roman gens name.
- (New Latin) An ancient region in southern Samnium, modern Italy, bordering Apulia to the east, Lucania to the south, and Campania to the west.
Usage notes
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
References
- “Hirpini”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly