Samnium

== English == === Proper noun === Samnium (historical) An ancient region of southern Italy. ==== Related terms ==== Samnian Samnite ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === 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 (historical) Samnium (an ancient region of southern Italy) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only. 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.