Samosata

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

Samŏsăta, ōrum, n., = τὰ Σαμόσατα,

I the capital of Commagene , on the western shore of the Euphrates , now Samosat , Plin. 2, 104, 108, § 235; 5, 24, 20, § 85; 5, 24, 21, § 86.—Also Samŏsăta , ae, f., Amm. 14, 8, 7; 18, 4, 7.

II —Hence, Sămŏsătēnus , a, um, of Samosata , a Samosatene : Paulus, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 8, § 105; Incarn. Dom. Sac. 2, § 8.

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