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Samosata

Samosata · n

the capital of Commagene

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Where it lives

Res Gestae 2 · 0.16/10k
Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

Samŏsăta — Lewis & Short

Samŏsăta, ōrum, n., = ta\ *samo/sata,

I the capital of Commagene, on the western shore of the Euphrates, now Samosat, Plin. 2, 104, 108, § 235; 5, 24, 20, § 85; 5, 24, 21, § 86.—Also Samŏsăta, ae, f., Amm. 14, 8, 7; 18, 4, 7.—Hence, Sămŏsătēnus, a, um, of Samosata, a Samosatene: Paulus, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 8, § 105; Incarn. Dom. Sac. 2, § 8.

In the wild

Samosata Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.24.p1
Samosatis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.24.p2
Samosatis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.24.p2
Samosata Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2.104
Samosata Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 20.11.4
Samosata Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.8.7

Where it came from

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