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Σάμος

samos

Samos

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

Σάμος [ᾰ], ἡ, A. Samos, the name of several Greek islands: 1. old name for Κεφαλληνία (q.v.), Il. 2.634, Od. 4.671; also called Σάμη, 1.246, h.Ap. 429; though this, acc. to others, is a town on the island: hence Adj. Σαμαῖος, α, ον, Str. 10.2.13. 2. Σάμος Θρηϊκίη, v. Σαμοθρᾴκη. 3. Samos, the large island over against Ephesus, first in h.Ap. 41: hence Adj. Σάμιος, α, ον, Hdt. 1.70, etc.; ἡ Σαμία (sc. γῆ) ibid., Thphr. Lap. 62; also Σ. ἀστήρ, clay with medicinal properties, Gal. 12.178:—Σαμιακός, ή, όν, Cratin. 13. (Acc. to Str. 8.3.19, 10.2.17, σάμος was an old word signifying a height.)
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