pre-Samnite

English

Alternative forms

  • Pre-Samnite

Etymology

From pre- +‎ Samnite.

Adjective

pre-Samnite (not comparable)

  1. (history) of or pertaining to the civilizations that existed in areas colonized by the Samnites prior to said colonization
    • 1978, Alfonso De Franciscis, Pompeii & Herculaneum: The Buried Cities‎[1], Crescent Books, →ISBN, page 19:
      The walls of Pompeii show different methods of construction which date from Samnite and pre-Samnite times
    • 2011, Paul Beekes, Robert Stephen, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction‎[2], page 26:
      Pre-Samnite (i.e., pre-Oscan) is the name given to a handful of inscriptions found in Campania and Lucania, dating from before 500 B.C.
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