The corpus record
*saunitai · οἱ
Samnites, Samnium
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Samnites, GDI 2000.4 (Delph., ii B.C.), Str. 5.4.11, 12 (v.l. Σανν-): so Σαυνῖτις, ιδος, ἡ, Samnium, Plb. 3.90.7, and Σαυνίτιδες [πόλεις] Str. 5.4.11. (Osc. Safinim (from *Saƀniom); Fest. p.437 L. wrongly derives Lat. Samnites from σαύνιον.)
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