Definition of Samius
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Orthography ID = 2052610
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LNS
Samius, Samiī
Samiolus
Mostly Plural
noun (m., 2nd declension)
  1. the inhabitants of Samos, the Samians
  2. The island of Cephalenia
Abbreviations
Samus or Samos, i, f., = Σάμος. 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.: Threiciam Samon (i. e. Samothraciam), Verg. A. 7, 208; Ov. M. 15, 61; id. F. 6, 48; id. Tr. 1, 10, 20.

—Hence, Samius, 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.: Samius, 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. Samia, ae, f. (sc. placenta), a kind of cake, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 5.

— In plur.: Samia, 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.: Samio-lus, a, um, Samian: poterium, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 12.

Samii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Samos, the Samians, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52; Liv. 33, 20 fin.

— The island of Cephalenia, v. Same.
 
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