Σάμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σᾰ́μος (sámos, “seaside hill, dune, height”), derived from the Phoenician word 𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤀 (sama, “high”). See also English Samian.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sá.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsa.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsa.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsa.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsa.mos/
Proper noun
Σᾰ́μος • (Sámos) f (genitive Σᾰ́μου); second declension
- Samos, Northern Aegean Islands, Greece
Inflection
Second declension of ἡ Σᾰ́μος; τῆς Σᾰ́μου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Σᾰ́μος hē Sámos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Σᾰ́μου tês Sámou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Σᾰ́μῳ têi Sámōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Σᾰ́μον tḕn Sámon | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Σᾰ́με Sáme | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Σᾰ́μη (Sámē)
- Σᾰμαῖος (Samaîos)
- Σᾰ́μῐος (Sámios)
- Σᾰμῐᾰκός (Samiakós)
- Σᾰμοθρᾴκη (Samothrā́ikē)
Descendants
- Greek: Σάμος (Sámos)
- Italian: Samo
- Latin: Samos
- Polish: Samos
- Turkish: Sisam
References
- “Σάμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G4544 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
Greek
Proper noun
Σάμος • (Sámos) f (plural Sámos)
- Samos (Greek Aegean island).
Declension
Σάμος
case \\ number | singular |
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nominative | Σάμος • |
genitive | Σάμου • |
accusative | Σάμο • |
vocative | Σάμε • Σάμο • |
Further reading
Σάμος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el