Samnium
English edit
Proper noun edit
Samnium
- (historical) An ancient region of southern Italy.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
region of Italy
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Comes from the Oscan Saβnyom.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsam.ni.um/, [ˈs̠ämniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsam.ni.um/, [ˈsämnium]
Proper noun edit
Samnium n sg (genitive Samniī or Samnī); second declension
- (historical) Samnium (an ancient region of southern Italy)
Declension edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
- Italian: Sannio
References edit
- “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.