Σαμοθρᾴκη
See also: Σαμοθράκη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Σᾰμοθρηῐ̈́κη (Samothrēḯkē), Σᾰμοθρῄκη (Samothrḗikē) – Ionic
Etymology
From Σᾰ́μος (Sámos, “Samos, the other island whose people colonized Samothrace”) + Θρᾴκη (Thrā́ikē, “Thrace, near which Samothrace is situated”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sa.mo.tʰráːi̯.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sa.moˈtʰra.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sa.moˈθra.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sa.moˈθra.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sa.moˈθra.ci/
Proper noun
Σᾰμοθρᾴκη • (Samothrā́ikē) f (genitive Σᾰμοθρᾴκης); first declension
- Samothrace, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Σᾰμοθρᾴκη; τῆς Σᾰμοθρᾴκης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Σᾰμοθρᾴκη hē Samothrā́ikē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Σᾰμοθρᾴκης tês Samothrā́ikēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Σᾰμοθρᾴκῃ têi Samothrā́ikēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Σᾰμοθρᾴκην tḕn Samothrā́ikēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Σᾰμοθρᾴκη Samothrā́ikē | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Σᾰμόθρᾳξ (Samóthrāix)
- Σᾰμοθρᾴκῐος (Samothrā́ikios)
- Σᾰμοθρᾳκῐκός (Samothrāikikós)
Descendants
- Bulgarian: Самотраки (Samotraki)
- Greek: Σαμοθράκη (Samothráki)
- Latin: Samothrācē
- Turkish: Semadirek
References
- “Σαμοθρᾴκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G4543 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
- Σαμοθρᾴκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette