Samos
See also: samos
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάμος (Sámos).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Samos
- An island belonging to the Sporades and a city on it, in the Aegean.
- A modern Greek prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean that includes the island along with the islands of Icaria and Fourni.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
an island belonging to the Sporades and a city
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a prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean
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Proper noun edit
Samos ?
- Samos (island)
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From an earlier Samãos. Attested as Samanos in local early Medieval Latin documents, it being the name of a local monastery founded under Suevic or Gothic rule in the 6th or 7th century; either from Proto-Germanic *samanai, cf. Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰 (samana, “together”) and Old High German gisemini (“congregation”), or from a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from a Celtic cognate of this Germanic forms.
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Samos
References edit
- Boullón Agrelo, Ana Isabel (1999) Antroponimia medieval galega (ss. VIII–XII), Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, →ISBN, page 404
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάμος (Sámos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.mos/, [ˈs̠ämɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.mos/, [ˈsäːmos]
Proper noun edit
Samos f sg (genitive Samī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Samos |
Genitive | Samī |
Dative | Samō |
Accusative | Samon |
Ablative | Samō |
Vocative | Same |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “Samus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Samos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Samos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Samos f
- Samos (an island, city, municipality, and regional unit of North Aegean, Greece)