Samosata

English

Etymology

From Latin Samosata, from Ancient Greek Σαμόσατα (Samósata). Doublet of Samsat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈmɒsətə/

Proper noun

Samosata

1. (historical) Former name of Samsat, a city in southeastern Turkey.

Synonyms

• (ancient Samsat, Turkey): Antioch, Antiochia, Antiochia Commagene, Antiochia in Commagene

Translations

city in Commagene

• Armenian: Սամոսատ (Samosat), Շամուշատ (Šamušat), Շամշատ (Šamšat)
• Bulgarian: Самосата (Samosata)
• Danish: Samosata
• Dutch: Samosata
• Esperanto: Samosata
• Estonian: Samosata
• Finnish: Samosata
• French: Samosate (fr)
• German: Samosata
• Greek: Σαμόσατα (el) (Samósata)
• Ido: Samosata
• Italian: Samosata
• Kabuverdianu:

  Badiu: (older spelling) Samosata, Samózata

  ALUPEC: Samózata

• Latin: Samosata
• Luxembourgish: Samosata
• Malay: Samosata
• Norwegian: Samosata
• Polish: Samosata
• Portuguese: Samosata f
• Romanian: Samosata
• Russian: Самосата (Samosata)
• Sardinian: Samosata
• Sicilian: Samosata
• Slovene: Samosata
• Swedish: Samosata
• Ukrainian: Самосата (Samosata)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαμόσατα (Samósata).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈmo.sa.ta/, [s̠äˈmɔs̠ät̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈmo.sa.ta/, [säˈmɔːs̬ät̪ä]

Noun

Samosata n pl (genitive Samosatōrum); second declension

1. An ancient city in southeast Anatolia, in modern Turkey, located near the banks of the Euphrates; modern Samsat.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Samosata
Genitive	Samosatōrum
Dative	Samosatīs
Accusative	Samosata
Ablative	Samosatīs
Vocative	Samosata
Locative	Samosatīs

Related terms

• Samosatensis

References

• “Samosata”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Samosata in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Samosata f

1. An ancient city in southeast Anatolia, in modern Turkey, located near the banks of the Euphrates; modern Samsat