Samos

See also: samos

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάμος (Sámos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪ.mɒs/

Proper noun

Samos

1. An 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,
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• 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)
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• German: Samos,
• Greek: Σάμος (el) f (Sámos)
• Polish: Samos (pl) n

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Norwegian: Samos
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Anagrams

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

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Catalan

Proper noun

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 , 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.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάμος (Sámos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.mos/, [ˈs̠ämɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.mos/, [ˈsäːmos]

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)