Lewis Short
Sămē | Sămŏs, ōrum | Sămaei (noun F.m) : (collat. form , acc. to the Homeric Σάμος, Ov. M. 13, 711 Jahn and Bach
* N. cr.;Aus. Per. Odyss. 4), f., = Σάμη.
* 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).
* The principal town of the island of Cephalenia, Liv. 38, 29.—Hence, , , m., the inhabitants of Same, Liv. 38, 28 and 29.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary