Samos
See also: samos
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάμος (Sámos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.mɒs/
Proper noun
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
Translations
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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Catalan
Proper noun
Samos ?
- Samos (island)
Galician
Etymology
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 Paleo-Hispanic, from a Celtic cognate of this Germanic forms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsamo̝s/
Proper noun
Samos ?
References
- Boullón Agrelo, Ana Isabel (1999) Antroponimia medieval galega (ss. VIII–XII), Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, →ISBN, page 404
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάμος (Sámos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsa.mɔs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsaː.mos]
Proper noun
Samos f sg (genitive Samī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Samos |
genitive | Samī |
dative | Samō |
accusative | Samon |
ablative | Samō |
vocative | Same |
Related terms
- Samius
References
- “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
Proper noun
Samos f
- Samos (an island, city, municipality, and regional unit of the North Aegean, Greece)