Lewis & Short

Sămē, ēs (collat. form Sămŏs, acc. to the Homeric Σάμος, Ov. M. 13, 711 Jahn and Bach N. cr.; Aus. Per. Odyss. 4), f., = Σάμη.

  1. I. An earlier name for the island of Cephalenia, in the Ionian Sea, the mod. Cephalonia, Verg. A. 3, 271; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 67; Sil. 15, 303; Liv. 26, 42 (acc. to Mel. 2, 7, 10, and Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54, another neighboring island).
  2. II. The principal town of the island of Cephalenia, Liv. 38, 29.
    Hence, Sămaei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Same, Liv. 38, 28 and 29.