Hirpini

Latin

Etymology

From an Oscan word meaning wolf. Compare Latin hirpus (“wolf”) and hirpex (“harrow”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hirˈpiː.niː/, [hɪrˈpiː.niː]

Proper noun

Hirpīnī m pl (genitive Hirpīnōrum); second declension

  1. A Samnite tribe who inhabited a region in south Italy.

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case Plural
Nominative Hirpīnī
Genitive Hirpīnōrum
Dative Hirpīnīs
Accusative Hirpīnōs
Ablative Hirpīnīs
Vocative Hirpīnī
Locative Hirpīnīs

Derived terms

References
  • Hirpini in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Hirpini in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Hirpini in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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