proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Sabīnī
Sabīnī m pl (genitive Sabīnōrum)
Classical[saˈbiː.niː]Ecclesiastical[saˈbiː.ni]
Meaning
- A tribe of Central Italy, who inhabited the central chain of the Apennines
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Sabīnī |
| genitive | — | Sabīnōrum |
| dative | — | Sabīnīs |
| accusative | — | Sabīnōs |
| ablative | — | Sabīnīs |
| vocative | — | Sabīnī |
Săbīni, ōrum, m.,
I. the Sabines, an ancient Italian people adjoining the Latins, a part of whom, as early as the time of Romulus, were united with the Romans as one people, under the name of Quirites, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 108; Cato ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 638; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 29; id. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Col. praef. § 19; Liv. 1, 9 sq.; 1, 9, 31; 33, 2, 16 sq.; 3, 26 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; id. Off. 1, 11, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31:
rigidi, Ov. M. 14, 797; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25 et saep. —Meton. (cf.: Bruttii, Lucani, and v. Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.), the Sabine territory: ex Sabinis, Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6; Liv. 1, 45: ardui, Hor. C. 3, 4, 22.—Hence, A. Săbīnus, a, um, adj., Sabine:
ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4; 3, 1, 6; Cic. Lig. 11, 32; id. Agr. 2, 25, 66; id. Sen. 7, 24; Hor. S. 2, 7, 118 al.: montes, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9: fana, id. L. L. 6, § 57 Müll.: virgines raptae, id. ib. 6, 3, 57; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; Liv. 1, 9 sq. et saep.: lingua, Varr. L. L. 5, § 66 Müll.: vocabulum, id. ib. 5, § 107 ib.; cf. origo (vocabuli), id. ib. 7, § 28 ib.: ficus, Varr. R. R. 1, 67: salix, Col. 4, 30, 4: oleum, Pall. Mart. 9, 8 et saep.—* (b). Adv.: Săbīnē, in Sabine, in the Sabine tongue, Varr. L. L. 5, § 159 Müll.—
2. In partic.: Sabina herba, a kind of juniper, the savin: Juniperus Sabina, Linn.;
used for incense, Cato, R. R. 70, 1; Plin. 16, 20, 33, § 79; 17, 13, 21, § 98; 24, 11, 61, § 102; Verg. Cul. 402; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; Ov. F. 1, 343; 4, 741.—Hence, B. Substt.
1. Săbīnus, i, m., a Sabine, Liv. 1, 45; 3, 26.—And as a Roman proper name,
(a). A servant of Trebonius, Cic. Fam. 16, 16.—
(b). The name of an Augustan poet, a friend of Ovid, Ov. Am. 2, 18, 27; the same perh. also Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 27.—
(g). The surname of the jurist Massurius, v. h. v.—
(d). A brother of the emperor Vespasian, Suet. Vesp. 1.—Hence, Săbīnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Sabinus:
libri Sabiniani, the books composed by him, Cod. Just. 3, 33, 17; 3, 34, 14 al.—Subst.: Săbīnĭāni, ōrum, m., the followers of Sabinus, the Sabinists, Dig. 24, 1, 11; 41, 1, 11.—2. Săbīna, ae, f., a Sabine woman, Prop. 2, 6, 21; 2, 32 (3, 30), 47; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 15; id. A. A. 1, 102.—
C. Săbī-num, i, n.
a. (Sc. vinum.) Sabine wine:
vile, Hor. C. 1, 20, 1.—b. (Sc. praedium.) The estate of Horace in the territory of the Sabines, north of Tibur, described by the poet, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 1-14; cf. Sil. 3, 596.— In plur. (sc. praedia):
satis beatus unicis Sabinis, Hor. C. 2, 18, 14.Origins
From Sabus, eponym of the Sabines, Italic tribal name from Proto-Italic *saβnōs, *saβn-iyo-, *saβnyom- (compare Oscan 𐌔𐌀𐌚𐌉𐌍𐌉𐌌 (safinim), Latin Samnium and the Samnōnēs), from an uncertain Proto-Indo-European root, possibly *sebʰ-, *sₔbʰ- (“one's own”), or a derivative of *swé (“self”). Compare the Germanic tribe name *Swēbaz (“one of the Suēbī”), which may have a similar etymology. Or, from a substrate element *sab-; compare the Sabellī.