Samothrace

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Samothrācē, from Ancient Greek Σαμοθρᾴκη (Samothrāíkē, Samian Thrace), from Σᾰ́μος (Sắmos, Samos) + Θρᾴκη (Thrāíkē, Thrace), from the island's early Greek colonizers and the general ancient territory in which it lay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsæmoʊˌθreɪs/, /ˈsæməˌθreɪs/

Proper noun

Samothrace

  1. An island of Greece in the Aegean.

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French

Proper noun

Samothrace f

  1. Samothrace

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Samothrācē f

  1. alternative form of Samothracia
    • Lucius Annaeus Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.28:
      Absens ergo victus fugit in maria insulamque Samothracen, fretus celebri religione
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