Samnium
English
Proper noun
Samnium
- (historical) A region of southern Italy in Roman times
Related terms
Translations
region of Italy
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
A contraction of Sabīnium, from Sabīnī (“Sabines”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) 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
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.