Σάμος [ᾰ], ἡ,
“Samos”, the name of several Greek islands:
__1 old name for Κεφαλληνία (which see), [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.634, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.671 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also called Σάμη,[[ 1.246, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 429 ] Refs]; though this, accusative to others, is a town on the island: hence adjective Σαμαῖος, α, ον, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.2.13. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 Σάμος Θρηϊκίη, see at {Σαμοθρᾴκη}.
__3 “Samos”, the large island over against Ephesus, first in [[ “hymnus ad Apollinem” 41 ] Refs]: hence adjective Σάμιος, α, ον, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.70, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ Σαμία (i.e. γῆ) [[[prev. passage], 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 62 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also Σ. ἀστήρ, clay with medicinal properties, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.178] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—Σαμιακός, ή, όν, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 13. (Acc. to 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.3.19, 10.2.17, σάμος] Refs 5th c.BC+] was an old word signifying a height.)