Σαμοθρᾴκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Σᾰμοθρηῐ̈́κη (Sămothrēĭ̈́kē), Σᾰμοθρῄκη (Sămothrēíkē)Ionic

Etymology

From Σᾰ́μος (Sắmos, Samos, the other island whose people colonized Samothrace) +‎ Θρᾴκη (Thrāíkē, Thrace, near which Samothrace is situated).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σᾰμοθρᾴκη • (Sămothrāíkēf (genitive Σᾰμοθρᾴκης); first declension

  1. Samothrace, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Inflection

Derived terms

  • Σᾰμόθρᾳξ (Sămóthrāix)
  • Σᾰμοθρᾴκῐος (Sămothrāíkĭos)
  • Σᾰμοθρᾳκῐκός (Sămothrāikĭkós)

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: Самотраки (Samotraki)
  • Greek: Σαμοθράκη (Samothráki)
  • Latin: Samothrācē
  • Turkish: Semadirek

References