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Σάμος

samos · ἡ

Samos, Samos, a height

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Where it lives

  • History 93 · 6.22/10k
  • Histories 58 · 3.16/10k
  • Hellenica 19 · 2.89/10k
  • Oeconomica II 1 · 2.13/10k
  • Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
  • Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 11 · 1.03/10k
  • Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
  • Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
  • Acts 1 · 0.56/10k
  • Rhetoric 2 · 0.47/10k
  • Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

Samos

Samos, the name of several Greek islands:

1

old name for Κεφαλληνία (q.v.), Il. 2.634, Od. 4.671; also called Σάμη, 1.246, h.Ap. 429; though this, acc. to others, is a town on the island: hence Adj. Σαμαῖος, α, ον, Str. 10.2.13.

2

Σάμος Θρηϊκίη, v. Σαμοθρᾴκη.

3 Samos, a height

Samos, the large island over against Ephesus, first in h.Ap. 41: hence Adj. Σάμιος, α, ον, Hdt. 1.70, etc.; ἡ Σαμία (sc. γῆ) ibid., Thphr. Lap. 62; also Σ. ἀστήρ, clay with medicinal properties, Gal. 12.178:—Σαμιακός, ή, όν, Cratin. 13. (Acc. to Str. 8.3.19, 10.2.17, σάμος was an old word signifying a height.)

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. Σάμος (scan p. 1356; entry #5398).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Σάμος (scan p. 1006; entry #7079).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Σάμος (scan p. 1647; entry #5052).

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