Sămē
Meaning
- An earlier name for the island of Cephalenia
Sămē, ēs (collat. form Sămŏs, acc. to the Homeric Σάμος, Ov. M. 13, 711 Jahn and Bach
I. N. cr.; Aus. Per. Odyss. 4), f., = Σάμη.
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).—
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.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Samē ēs
(L., V., O.) or Samos (O.), an old name for Cephalenia, in the Ionian Sea.