Samosata

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

• IPA^(key): /səˈmɒsətə/

Samosata

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

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαμόσατα (Samósata).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [saˈmɔ.sa.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [saˈmɔː.s̬a.t̪a]

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

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

• Samosatensis

• “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.

Samosata f

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