Paeligni

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Noun edit

Paeligni pl (plural only)

(historical) An ancient Italic tribe who inhabited a region in central Italy.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

An Italic name, possibly cognate with privignus (“stepson”) or paelex (“concubine”), the latter of which could have been a derogatory nickname by the Sabines.^[1] However, the Paeligni themselves could have been of Sabine origin.^[2]

Proper noun edit

Paelignī m pl (genitive Paelignōrum); second declension

An Italic tribe who inhabited a region in central Italy.

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Paelignī
Genitive	Paelignōrum
Dative	Paelignīs
Accusative	Paelignōs
Ablative	Paelignīs
Vocative	Paelignī
Locative	Paelignīs

References edit

“Paeligni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

^ The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volumes 1-2, p. 446
^ The "Birth" of Italy: The Institutionalization of Italy as a Region, 3rd-1st Century BCE, p. 123

[1] The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volumes 1-2, p. 446

[2] The "Birth" of Italy: The Institutionalization of Italy as a Region, 3rd-1st Century BCE, p. 123

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