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.
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.
III —Hence, Sămaei , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Same , Liv. 38, 28 and 29.