Hirpinia

== Latin == === Etymology === From Hirpīnī, the name of the local tribe. === Proper noun === Hirpīnia f sg (genitive Hirpīniae); first declension A Roman gens name. (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. ==== 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