Hirpinia

Latin

Etymology

From Hirpīnī, the name of the local tribe.

Proper noun

Hirpīnia f sg (genitive Hirpīniae); first declension

1. A Roman gens name.
2. (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

• The sense 2 is attested in New Latin only. Classical Latin used Hirpini for both the people and their territory, or it used Samnium Hirpinum instead.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hirpīnia
Genitive	Hirpīniae
Dative	Hirpīniae
Accusative	Hirpīniam
Ablative	Hirpīniā
Vocative	Hirpīnia

Descendants

• Italian: Irpinia

References

• “Hirpini”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly