noun

Sămŏthrācĭa

gen. Sămŏthrāciae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

Samothrace; an island near the coast of Thrace; famous for the mystic worship of the Cabiri

Samothrace, an island near the coast of Thrace, famous for the mystic worship of the Cabiri, now Samothraki, Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 119; 3, 37, 87; id. Pis. 36, 89; Varr. L. L. 5, § 58 Müll.; Verg. A. 7, 208.—Also called Sămŏthrācē, ēs, f., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 5; Mel. 2, 7, 8; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 73; Sămŏthrāca, ae, f., Liv. 42, 25; 44, 45; 44, 46; and Thrēïcĭa Să-mus or Sămos, after the Gr. θρηϊκίη Σάμος, Verg. A. 7, 208; Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 20.— Hence,

Samothracian; Samothrace •

Sămŏthrācĭus, a, um, adj., Samothracian: ferrea (a kind of rings first made there), Lucr. 6, 1044 (cf. Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 23): caepa, Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 101: insula, i. e. Samothrace, and, named from it, gemma, id. 37, 10, 67, § 181 (Jahn, Samothraca). —

the inhabitants of Samothrace; the Samothracians •

Sămŏthrāces, um, m., the inhabitants of Samothrace, the Samothracians, Varr. L. L. 5, § 58; Liv. 45, 5; Curt. 8, 1, 25; Stat. Achill. 2, 157.—Also a dject.: Samothraces di, the Cabiri, Varr. 1. 1.; Macr. S. 3, 4; also absol.: jures licet et Samothracum Et nostrorum aras, Juv. 3, 144.—

Samothracian •

Sămŏthrācēnus, a, um, adj., Samothracian: Zocles, of Samothrace, Plin. 11, 37, 63, § 167.—

Samothracian •

Sămŏthrācĭcus, a, um, adj., Samothracian: religiones, Macr. S. 3, 4.—

Samothracian •

Sămŏthrācus, a, um, adj., Samothracian: vates, Val. Fl. 2, 439.

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