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Pre-Samnite

Pre-Samnite is the alternative letter-case form of pre-Samnite.

Adjective capitalized: pre-Samnite

pre-Samnite (not comparable)

  1. of 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 times1978, Alfonso De Franciscis, Pompeii & Herculaneum: The Buried Cities, Crescent Books, →ISBN, page 19
    • 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

Forms of Pre-Samnite

alternative formPre-Samnite

Origin of Pre-Samnite

From pre- + Samnite.

Questions about Pre-Samnite

What does Pre-Samnite mean?
Pre-Samnite means of or pertaining to the civilizations that existed in areas colonized by the Samnites prior to said colonization.
What is Pre-Samnite the alternative letter-case form of?
Pre-Samnite is the alternative letter-case form of pre-Samnite.
What part of speech is Pre-Samnite?
Pre-Samnite is an adjective.

Words near Pre-Samnite in the dictionary

  1. pre-rhotic
  2. pre-roll
  3. pre-Roman
  4. pre-Romanesque
  5. pre-salt layer
  6. Pre-Samnite
  7. pre-saw
  8. pre-school
  9. pre-scrutiny
  10. pre-see
  11. pre-seeing

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