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Samnite

/ ˈsæmnaɪt /

noun

  1. a member of an Oscan-speaking people of the S Apennines, who clashed repeatedly with Rome between 350 bc and 200 bc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. of or relating to this people
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

It was the final result of the Roman-Samnite wars which finally determined the question of the overlordship of Italy.

Whole cities were destroyed, and the Samnite race was practically annihilated.

Cinna, master of Campania, was penetrating into Latium, while a Samnite army invaded it on the other side.

At last three Samnite shepherds discovered him at a distance of fifteen paces from the spot where Matho's tent lately stood.

A stone broke it near the guard; the Samnite was killed and the flood of Carthaginians closed in, they touched Matho.

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