Σάμος[ᾰ],ἡ ,Samos, the name of several Greek islands:
1. old name forΚεφαλληνία(q.v.), Il. 2.634 , Od. 4.671 ; also calledΣάμη, 1.246 , h.Ap. 429 ; though this, acc. to others, is a town on the island: henceAdj. 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 : henceAdj. Σάμιος,α,ον, Hdt. 1.70 , etc.;ἡ Σαμία(sc.γῆ) ibid., Thphr. Lap. 62 ; alsoΣ. ἀστήρ, clay with medicinal properties, Gal. 12.178 :—Σαμιακός,ή,όν, Cratin. 13 . (Acc. to Str. 8.3.19 , 10.2.17 ,σάμοςwas an old word signifyinga height.)