Samos

Samos

See also: samos

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάμος (Sámos).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.mɒs/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Proper noun

    Samos

    1. An island belonging to the Sporades and a city on it, in the Aegean.
    2. 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

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    Anagrams

    Catalan

    Proper noun

    Samos ?

    1. 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 ?

    1. a town and municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain
    2. a parish of Samos, Lugo, Galicia

    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

      Proper noun

      Samos f sg (genitive Samī); second declension

      1. Samos

      Declension

      Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

      singular
      nominative Samos
      genitive Samī
      dative Samō
      accusative Samon
      ablative Samō
      vocative Same
      • 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

      1. Samos (an island, city, municipality, and regional unit of the North Aegean, Greece)