Σάμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σᾰ́μος (sámos, “seaside hill, dune, height”), derived from the Phoenician word 𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤀 (sama, “high”). See also English Samian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sá.mos/ → /ˈsa.mos/ → /ˈsa.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sá.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.mos/

Proper noun

Σᾰ́μος • (Sámos) f (genitive Σᾰ́μου); second declension

1. Samos, Northern Aegean Islands, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Σᾰ́μος; τῆς Σᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σᾰ́μος hē Sámos
Genitive	τῆς Σᾰ́μου tês Sámou
Dative	τῇ Σᾰ́μῳ têi Sámōi
Accusative	τὴν Σᾰ́μον tḕn Sámon
Vocative	Σᾰ́με Sáme
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024

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Greek

Proper noun

Σάμος • (Sámos) f (plural Sámos)

1. Samos (Greek Aegean island).

Declension

  Σάμος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Σάμος •
genitive	Σάμου •
accusative	Σάμο •
vocative	Σάμε •  Σάμο •