Σάμος

α, ον, α, ον, ή, όν, Adj., ἡ
1. old name for Κεφαλληνία (q.v.), Il. 2.634, Od. 4.671; also called Σάμη, 1.246, h.Ap. 429; though this, acc. to others, is a town on the island: hence Adj. Σαμαῖος, α, ον, Str. 10.2.13.
2. Σάμος Θρηϊκίη, v. Σαμοθρᾴκη.
3. Samos, the large island over against Ephesus, first in h.Ap. 41: hence Adj. Σάμιος, α, ον, Hdt. 1.70, etc.; ἡ Σαμία (sc. γῆ) ibid., Thphr. Lap. 62; also Σ. ἀστήρ, clay with medicinal properties, Gal. 12.178:—Σαμιακός, ή, όν, Cratin. 13. (Acc. to Str. 8.3.19, 10.2.17, σάμος was an old word signifying a height.)
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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