Σαμόσατα πόλις

Samosata city

Translated by David Whitehead21 Nov 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

9 words

and Samosatan: [someone] from a place [sc. called Samosata].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σαμόσατα πόλις καὶ Σαμοσατεύς· ἀπὸ τόπου.

Betacode

*samo/sata po/lis kai\ *samosateu/s: a)po\ to/pou.

Notes

The headword phrase comes from lambda 685. For 'Samosatan' cf. lambda 683, pi 813.
Syrian Samosata, present-day Samsat, is Barrington Atlas map 67 grid H1.
(Entry out of alphabetical order except, Adler reports, in mss GM.)

Linked from1 entry

λ685ΛουκιανὸςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian[Lucian] the martyr; this man was from Samosata in Syria, born in the upper class. In his youth he met a certain man called Makarios, who lived in Edessa and gave explanatory lectures on the sacred books, and in a short…

Neighbouring entries

σ80ΣαμουήλSamuel σ81Σάμου ὑληέσσηςof wooded Samos σ82Σαμόσατα πόλιςSamosata city σ83ΣαμωνᾶςSamonas, Shamuna σ84ΣαμύθαςSamytha

Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Mar 2014

25 Mar 2014another note — David Whitehead
3 May 2011typo — David Whitehead
16 Oct 2004augmented note — David Whitehead
15 Oct 2004Set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
21 Nov 2003Translated — David Whitehead