pre-Samnite

adjective

of or pertaining to the civilizations that existed in areas colonized by the Samnites prior to said colonization

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Meanings

pre-Samnite1

adjectivepre-Samnite (not comparable)

alternative Pre-Samnite

  1. not comparablehistoryof or pertaining to the civilizations that existed in areas colonized by the Samnites prior to said colonization

    The walls of Pompeii show different methods of construction which date from Samnite and pre-Samnite times

    1978, Alfonso De Franciscis, Pompeii & Herculaneum: The Buried Cities, Crescent Books, →ISBN, page 19
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    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.

    2011, Paul Beekes, Robert Stephen, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, page 26

Pre-Samnite2

adjectivePre-Samnite (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of pre-Samnite.

Origin

From pre- + Samnite.

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APA

pre-Samnite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-Samnite

MLA

“pre-Samnite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-Samnite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pre-Samnite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-Samnite.

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