Samnium

English

Proper noun

Samnium

2. (historical) An ancient region of southern Italy.

Related terms

• Samnian
• Samnite

Translations

region of Italy

• Catalan: Samni m
• German: Samnium (de) f
• Italian: Sannio m
• Latin: Samnium n
• Marathi: सामनिउम (sāmnium), सॅमनियम (sĕmniyam)
• Portuguese: Sâmnio m
• Sicilian: Sanniu m

Latin

Map of ancient Samnium

Etymology

From Proto-Italic Proto-Italic *saβnjom. Cognate with Oscan 𐌔𐌀𐌚𐌉𐌍𐌉𐌌 (safinim).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsam.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsam.ni.um]

Proper noun

Samnium n sg (genitive Samniī or Samnī); second declension

1. (historical) Samnium (an ancient region of southern Italy)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

	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.