Σαμοθρᾴκη

See also: Σαμοθράκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σᾰμοθρηῐ̈́κη (Samothrēḯkē), Σᾰμοθρῄκη (Samothrḗikē) — Ionic

Etymology

From Σᾰ́μος (Sámos, “Samos, the other island whose people colonized Samothrace”) +‎ Θρᾴκη (Thrā́ikē, “Thrace, near which Samothrace is situated”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.mo.tʰráːi̯.kɛː/ → /sa.moˈθra.ci/ → /sa.moˈθra.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.mo.tʰráːi̯.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sa.moˈtʰra.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sa.moˈθra.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sa.moˈθra.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sa.moˈθra.ci/

Proper noun

Σᾰμοθρᾴκη • (Samothrā́ikē) f (genitive Σᾰμοθρᾴκης); first declension

1. Samothrace, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σᾰμοθρᾴκη; τῆς Σᾰμοθρᾴκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σᾰμοθρᾴκη hē Samothrā́ikē
Genitive	τῆς Σᾰμοθρᾴκης tês Samothrā́ikēs
Dative	τῇ Σᾰμοθρᾴκῃ têi Samothrā́ikēi
Accusative	τὴν Σᾰμοθρᾴκην tḕn Samothrā́ikēn
Vocative	Σᾰμοθρᾴκη Samothrā́ikē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σᾰμόθρᾳξ (Samóthrāix)
• Σᾰμοθρᾴκῐος (Samothrā́ikios)
• Σᾰμοθρᾳκῐκός (Samothrāikikós)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Самотраки (Samotraki)
• Greek: Σαμοθράκη (Samothráki)
• Latin: Samothrācē
• Turkish: Semadirek

References

• “Σαμοθρᾴκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G4543 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
• Σαμοθρᾴκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette