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Samian(dictionary)

Samian (iou)



Samian adjective & noun. L16.
[Latin Samius, Greek Samos (see below): see -AN.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to Samos, an island in the Aegean Sea, the birthplace of Pythagoras. L16.
Samian earth earth from Samos, used to make pottery etc. Samian letter the letter Ķī, used by Pythagoras as an emblem of the different roads of Virtue and Vice. Samian ware (a) pottery made of Samian earth; (b) (also samian) a fine kind of reddish-brown pottery found extensively on Roman sites.
b. noun.
A native or inhabitant of Samos. L16.
(Freq. samian.) Samian ware. M20.