The corpus record

Σᾰμοθρᾴκη

*samothrake · ἡ

Samothrace

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Where it lives

Acts 1 · 0.56/10k
Histories 4 · 0.22/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

Samothrace

Samothrace, Hdt. 6.47; the seat of the mysteries of the Cabeiri, Id. 2.51; called Σάμος Θρηϊκίη in Hom., Il. 13.12, h.Ap. 34; and simply Σάμος, Il. 24.78, 753. Adj. Σᾰμόθρᾳξ (not Σαμοθρᾴξ), Hdn.Gr. 1.42, Choerob. in Theod. 1.187 H., etc.; Ion. pl. Σαμοθρήϊκες Hdt. 2.51, 8.90; also Σᾰμοθρᾴκιος, Ion. Σαμοθρηΐκιος, η, ον, Id. 7.59, 108.

In the wild

Σαμοθρᾴκης · Samothraikēs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.7 (DIORISIS sentence 8095)
Σαμοθρηίκην · Samothrēikēn Herodotus, Histories 2.51.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1918)
Σαμοθρηίκῃ · Samothrēikēi Herodotus, Histories 2.51.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1920)
Σαμοθρηίκης · Samothrēikēs Herodotus, Histories 6.47.2 (DIORISIS sentence 6423)
Σαμοθρηίκια · Samothrēikia Herodotus, Histories 7.108.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7694)
Σαμοθρᾴκην · Samothraikēn New Testament, Acts 16.11 (DIORISIS sentence 552)

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