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

Translations

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Anagrams

Catalan

Proper noun

Samos ?

  1. Samos (island)

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

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάμος (Sámos).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Samos f (genitive Samī); second declension

  1. Samos

Declension

Second declension, Greek type.

Case Singular
nominative Samos
genitive Samī
dative Samō
accusative Samon
ablative Samō
vocative Same
  • 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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Samos f

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