Σαυνίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A cognate of Latin Sabīnī +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sau̯.nǐː.tɛːs/ → /saˈβni.tis/ → /saˈvni.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sau̯.nǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sawˈni.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈβni.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈvni.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈvni.tis/

Noun

Σαυνῑ́της • (Saunī́tēs) m (genitive Σαυνῑ́του); first declension

1. an inhabitant of Samnium; a Samnite

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σαυνῑ́της; τοῦ Σαυνῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Σαυνῑ́της ho Saunī́tēs	τὼ Σαυνῑ́τᾱ tṑ Saunī́tā	οἱ Σαυνῖται hoi Saunîtai
Genitive	τοῦ Σαυνῑ́του toû Saunī́tou	τοῖν Σαυνῑ́ταιν toîn Saunī́tain	τῶν Σαυνῑτῶν tôn Saunītôn
Dative	τῷ Σαυνῑ́τῃ tôi Saunī́tēi	τοῖν Σαυνῑ́ταιν toîn Saunī́tain	τοῖς Σαυνῑ́ταις toîs Saunī́tais
Accusative	τὸν Σαυνῑ́την tòn Saunī́tēn	τὼ Σαυνῑ́τᾱ tṑ Saunī́tā	τοὺς Σαυνῑ́τᾱς toùs Saunī́tās
Vocative	Σαυνῖτᾰ Saunîta	Σαυνῑ́τᾱ Saunī́tā	Σαυνῖται Saunîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σαυνῑτῐκός (Saunītikós)
• Σαυνῖτῐς (Saunîtis)

Descendants

• Greek: Σαυνίτης (Savnítis)

References

• “Σαυνῖται”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
• Σαυνίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette