Samos

Samos

See also: samos

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάμος (Sámos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪ.mɒs/

Proper noun

Samos

1. A 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

• Samean
• Samian
• Samiot

Translations

an island belonging to the Sporades and a city

Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can Dutch: Samos French: Samos (fr) German: Samos,

Greek: Σάμος (el) f (Sámos) Persian: ساموس‎ (sāmūs), شامس‎ (šāmes), شاموس‎ (šāmūs) Polish: Samos (pl) n Portuguese: Samos f

a prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean

Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can Dutch: Samos French: Samos (fr)

German: Samos, Greek: Σάμος (el) f (Sámos) Polish: Samos (pl) n

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Norwegian: Samos

Anagrams

• As. Mos., Masso, masso-, soams, somas

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Catalan

Proper noun

Samos ?

1. Samos (island)

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Galician

The monastery of Samos today

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 *samana, cf. Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰 (samana, “together”) and Old High German gisemini (“congregation”), or from a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, 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

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάμος (Sámos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.mos/, [ˈsa.mɔs]

Proper noun

Samos f sg (genitive Samī); second declension

1. Samos

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Samos
Genitive	Samī
Dative	Samō
Accusative	Samon
Ablative	Samō
Vocative	Same

Related terms

• 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

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Samos f

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