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Paelignian, n. and a.|pɛˈlɪgnɪən, paɪ-|
Also Pelignian.
[f. L. P(a)eligni + -an.]
A. n.
a. A member of an Oscan-Umbrian people centred on Corfinium in southern Italy.
b. The language of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
1600, etc. [see Marrucinian n. and a.]. 1853C. Merivale Fall of Roman Republic iii. 77 The Samnites and Pelignians reclaimed 4,000 of their own countrymen who had thus established themselves in the Latin town of Fregellæ. 1862W. P. Dickson tr. Mommsen's Hist. Rome II. xi. 332 When..the Samnites and Pælignians applied to the senate for a reduction of their contingents, their request was based on the ground that during recent years 4000 Samnite and Pælignian families had migrated to the Latin colony of Fregellæ. 1909W. E. Heitland Roman Republic II. xliii. 434 For the revolted Allies some centre was necessary as the headquarters of the confederate government. This was found at Corfinium in the Paelignian country on the eastern side of the Apennine. 1933,1939[see Marsian n. and a.]. 1939R. Syme Roman Revolution xiv. 193 The fierce Marsians and Paelignians had long and bitter memories. 1967E. T. Salmon Samnium & Samnites iv. 177 Ovid..had his own Paelignian homeland in mind. |