Same

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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