Samnium
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Latin
Map of ancient Samnium
Etymology
Comes from the Oscan Saβnyom.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsam.ni.um/, [ˈs̠ämniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsam.ni.um/, [ˈsämnium]
Proper noun
Samnium n sg (genitive Samniī or Samnī); second declension
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
- Samnīs, Samnītis
- Samnitēs
- Samnīticus
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.
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