Samnium

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English

Proper noun

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Samnium

  1. (historical) An ancient region of southern Italy.

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Latin

Map of ancient Samnium

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *saβnjom. Cognate with Oscan Safinim.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Samnium n sg (genitive Samniī or Samnī); second declension

  1. (historical) Samnium (an ancient region of southern Italy)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Samnium
Genitive Samniī
Samnī1
Dative Samniō
Accusative Samnium
Ablative Samniō
Vocative Samnium

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: Sannio

References

  • Samnium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Samnium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Samnium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.