Σαμνῖται

Samnites

Translated by David Whitehead31 Oct 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

4 words

Translation

Name of a people.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σαμνῖται· ὄνομα ἔθνους.

Betacode
*samni=tai: o)/noma e)/qnous. 

Notes

  1. In central-southern Italy. See generally OCD4 s.v. Samnium.
    For the Samn- version of the name cf. e.g. Diodorus Siculus 21.6.2, but in Greek writers 'Saunites' is far more common. (For instances here in the Suda, see under gamma 13 and pi 376.)

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Revision history6 revisions · last 30 Sep 2014
  1. added a keyword — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. x-refs — David Whitehead
  5. expanded NF's note — David Whitehead
  6. added note — Nicholas Fincher
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“Samnites.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 31 October 2001. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/sigma/78>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/sigma/78>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, Nicholas Fincher, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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