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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.

Sămos, i, v. Samus.

Sămŏthrācĭa, ae, f., Samothrace, an island near the coast of Thrace, famous for the mystic worship of the Cabiri, now Samothraki, Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 119; 3, 37, 87; id. Pis. 36, 89; Varr. L. L. 5, § 58 Müll.; Verg. A. 7, 208.
Also called Sămŏthrācē, ēs, f., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 5; Mel. 2, 7, 8; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 73; Sămŏthrāca, ae, f., Liv. 42, 25; 44, 45; 44, 46; and Thrēïcĭa Să-mus or Sămos, after the Gr. θρηϊκίη Σάμος, Verg. A. 7, 208; Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 20.
Hence,

    1. 1. Sămŏthrācĭus, a, um, adj., Samothracian: ferrea (a kind of rings first made there), Lucr. 6, 1044 (cf. Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 23): caepa, Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 101: insula, i. e. Samothrace, and, named from it, gemma, id. 37, 10, 67, § 181 (Jahn, Samothraca).
    2. 2. Sămŏthrāces, um, m., the inhabitants of Samothrace, the Samothracians, Varr. L. L. 5, § 58; Liv. 45, 5; Curt. 8, 1, 25; Stat. Achill. 2, 157.
      Also a dject.: Samothraces di, the Cabiri, Varr. 1. 1.; Macr. S. 3, 4; also absol.: jures licet et Samothracum Et nostrorum aras, Juv. 3, 144.
    3. 3. Sămŏthrācēnus, a, um, adj., Samothracian: Zocles, of Samothrace, Plin. 11, 37, 63, § 167.
    4. 4. Sămŏthrācĭcus, a, um, adj., Samothracian: religiones, Macr. S. 3, 4.
    5. 5. Sămŏthrācus, a, um, adj., Samothracian: vates, Val. Fl. 2, 439.

Sămus or Sămos, i, f., = Σάμος.

  1. I. An island on the coast of Asia Minor opposite Ephesus, famed as the birthplace of Pythagoras, as also for its earth and the vessels made from it, the mod. Samo, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Verg. A. 1, 16; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2; 1, 11, 21; Ov. M. 8, 221; acc. Samum, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25; Liv. 37, 10 fin. sq.; Suet. Aug. 17; Lact. 1, 15, 9; cf.: Threïciam Samon (i. e. Samothraciam), Verg. A. 7, 208; Ov. M. 15, 61; id. F. 6, 48; id. Tr. 1, 10, 20.
    Hence, Sămĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Samos, Samian: terra, the district belonging to it on the neighboring main-land, Liv. 37, 10 fin.: Juno, worshipped there, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 50: vir, i. e. Pythagoras, Ov. M. 15, 60; also, senex, id. Tr. 3, 3, 62; and absol.: Sămĭus, i, m., i. e. Pythagoras, id. F. 3, 153: lapis, used for polishing gold, Plin. 36, 21, 40, § 152: terra, Samian earth, id. 35, 16, 53, § 191; 28, 12, 53, § 194 al.: testa, earthen-ware made of Samian (or other equally fine) clay, Lucil. ap. Non. 398, 33; Tib. 2, 3, 47: vas, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 24; id. Capt. 2, 2, 41: catinus, Lucil. ap. Non. 398, 25: capedines, Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 2.
    As substt.
      1. 1. Sămĭa, ae, f. (sc. placenta), a kind of cake, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 5.
      2. 2. In plur.: Sămĭa, ōrum, n., Samian ware, Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64; Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 160; Vulg. Isa. 45, 9.
        Its brittleness was proverbial; hence, in a comical lusus verbb.: Pi. (Inveni Bacchidem) Samiam. Ch. Vide quaeso, ne quis tractet illam indiligens: Scis tu, ut confringi vas cito Samium solet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 22; cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 65.
        Dim. adj.: Sămĭŏ-lus, a, um, Samian: poterium, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 12.
      3. 3. Sămĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Samos, the Samians, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52; Liv. 33, 20 fin.
  2. II. The island of Cephalenia, v. Same.