(adjective) : Sămus or Sămos, i, f., = Σάμος.
* An island on the coast of Asia Minor opposite Ephesus, famed as the birthplace of Pythagoras, as also for its earth and the vessels made from it, the mod. Samo, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Verg. A. 1, 16; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2; 1, 11, 21; Ov. M. 8, 221; acc. Samum, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25; Liv. 37, 10 fin. sq.; Suet. Aug. 17; Lact. 1, 15, 9; cf.: Threïciam Samon (i. e. Samothraciam),Verg. A. 7, 208; Ov. M. 15, 61; id. F. 6, 48; id. Tr. 1, 10, 20.—Hence, Sămĭus, a, um, , of or belonging to Samos, Samian: terra,the district belonging to it on the neighboring main-land,Liv. 37, 10 fin.: Juno,worshipped there,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 50: vir,i. e. Pythagoras,Ov. M. 15, 60; also, senex,id. Tr. 3, 3, 62; and absol.: Sămĭus, i, m., i. e. Pythagoras, id. F. 3, 153: lapis, used for polishing gold,Plin. 36, 21, 40, § 152: terra,Samian earth,id. 35, 16, 53, § 191; 28, 12, 53, § 194 al.: testa, earthen-ware made of Samian (or other equally fine) clay, Lucil. ap. Non. 398, 33; Tib. 2, 3, 47: vas,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 24; id. Capt. 2, 2, 41: catinus, Lucil. ap. Non. 398, 25: capedines,Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 2.—As substt.
* Sămĭa, ae, f. (sc. placenta), a kind of cake, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 5.
* The island of Cephalenia, v. Same.
* Sămĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Samos, the Samians, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52; Liv. 33, 20 fin.