pre-Samnite

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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, 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, 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.