a ship of Samian build
a ship of Samian build, Plu. Per. 26; used as a stamp on Samian coins, Duris 66 J., cf. Hsch. s.v. Σαμιακὸς τρόπος (= Cratin. 13), Head Hist.Num. 2p.603.
The corpus record
Σάμαινα
*samaina · ἡ
a ship of Samian build
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