Samianadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈseɪmɪən/, U.S.

/ˈseɪmiən/

Etymology: < Latin Samius, Greek Σάμιος ( < Samus, Samos, Greek Σάμος) + -an suffix.

A. adj.

Of or pertaining to Samos, an island in the Ægean Sea, the birthplace of Pythagoras. Samian earth n. (see quot. 1728). Samian letter n. the letter Υ, used by Pythagoras as an emblem of the different roads of Virtue and Vice. Samian stone n. (see quot. 1728). Samian ware n. originally, pottery made of Samian earth; hence (also with lower-case initial), the designation of a fine kind of pottery found extensively on Roman sites.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [adjective] > Greek islands

Rhodiana1533

Samian1579

Naxian1601

Scian1804

Naxiote1859

Corfiote1877

Cycladic1915

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > others

Samian letter1616

A1651

Tetragrammaton1656

arrow1744

arrowhead1832

wind1847

scarlet letter1850

sun wheel1865

sacred axe1866

rising sun1868

crow's foot1871

Easter rabbit1881

hexagram1882

sun sign1882

Easter bunny1900

Staffordshire knot1908

sinsigna1914

tectiform1921

padma1954

smiley face1957

happy face1971

lexigram1973

emoticon1988

smiley1989

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > ancient Greek

Thericlean1702

Samian1779

black-figure1867

Minyan1912

Protogeometric1914

Kerch1936

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > ancient Greek or Byzantine

Samian ware1848

black-figure1867

Kamares1895

Palace style1901

Urfirnis1912

petal ware1930

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 182 The Samian prisoners.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. Table Samian earth of two kinds.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. Table Samian stone.

1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. iii. 119 The Samian letter Y Whose spreading branches teach Philosophie, Hath marked out..The high-rear'd right-hand path, wherein to walke.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires iii. 36 Where the Samian Υ, directs thy Steps to run, To Virtue's Narrow Steep, and Broad-way Vice to shun.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Samian Earth, an Earth brought from the Isle of Samos,..esteemed very astringent, proper to dry, and draw Wounds. There is also a Samian Stone, taken out of the Mines in the same Island... 'Tis astringent and cooling, and is also used by the Goldsmiths to burnish their Gold, and give it a greater Lustre.

1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 145 When Reason doubtful, like the Samian letter, Points him two ways, the narrower is the better.

1779 T. Pownall in Archaeologia 5 287 The one [sc. vessel] is a red sort, the Ionian, or particularly the Samian, which is most commonly found.

1821 Ld. Byron Isles of Greece in Don Juan: Canto III 50 Fill high the bowl with Samian wine!

c1841 W. T. P. Shortt Sylva Antiqua Iscana 110 The great quantity of fragments of Roman Red Ware, especially of that beautiful description, known to the ancients by the generic term of Samian, is not by any means the least interesting of the curiosities dug up in the city of Exeter, of late years.

1844 Gentleman's Mag. July 35/2 Whether that singularly beautiful red glazed earthenware..of which such vast quantities have been since exhumed in every part of England and France where their respective records have assigned a Roman station, be really the identical Samian pottery of Pliny, is, I think, a question yet to be decided.

1848 Jrnl. Brit. Archaeol. Assoc. Apr. 2 The Samian ware is found throughout this country almost wherever Roman remains are met with.

1859 Luard in Archaeologia Cantiana 2 7 The articles found consisted of Samian ware of various shapes.

1859 Luard in Archaeologia Cantiana 2 7 The vases, urns, and Samian vessels, were filled with bones.

B. n.

a. A native or inhabitant of Samos.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Greece > Greek islands

Rhodianc1450

Naxianc1487

Candian1549

Melian1550

Parian1550

Sciote1553

Cretan1579

Samian1579

Leucadian1615

Sciana1641

Siphnian1709

Septinsular1807

Ionian1816

Corfiote1835

Naxiote1859

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 182 He..kept the Samians besieged within their owne cittie.

1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad v. 138 Ulysses then, with thirst of glory fir'd, The Samian left, and to the prize aspir'd.

1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 249/2 The great battle of Mycale (480), which..freed the Samians from the Persian yoke.

b. (frequently samian.) elliptical for Samian ware n. at sense A.

ΚΠ

1958 Stanfield & Simpson Central Gaulish Potters i. 52 Black slip samian has a pinkish-red or buff-coloured core.

1967 Antiquaries Jrnl. 47 192 It seems most likely that the later samian has come from pits dug into the rampart.

1981 P. Salway Roman Brit. 202 Mr B R Hartley's study of the dies for the makers' stamps on samian pottery reveals that the amount of samian bearing the same stamps which comes from the two Walls is negligible.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	samian
释义	Samianadj.n. Brit. /ˈseɪmɪən/, U.S. /ˈseɪmiən/ Etymology: < Latin Samius, Greek Σάμιος ( < Samus, Samos, Greek Σάμος) + -an suffix. A. adj. Of or pertaining to Samos, an island in the Ægean Sea, the birthplace of Pythagoras. Samian earth n. (see quot. 1728). Samian letter n. the letter Υ, used by Pythagoras as an emblem of the different roads of Virtue and Vice. Samian stone n. (see quot. 1728). Samian ware n. originally, pottery made of Samian earth; hence (also with lower-case initial), the designation of a fine kind of pottery found extensively on Roman sites. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [adjective] > Greek islands Rhodiana1533 Samian1579 Naxian1601 Scian1804 Naxiote1859 Corfiote1877 Cycladic1915 society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > others Samian letter1616 A1651 Tetragrammaton1656 arrow1744 arrowhead1832 wind1847 scarlet letter1850 sun wheel1865 sacred axe1866 rising sun1868 crow's foot1871 Easter rabbit1881 hexagram1882 sun sign1882 Easter bunny1900 Staffordshire knot1908 sinsigna1914 tectiform1921 padma1954 smiley face1957 happy face1971 lexigram1973 emoticon1988 smiley1989 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > ancient Greek Thericlean1702 Samian1779 black-figure1867 Minyan1912 Protogeometric1914 Kerch1936 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > ancient Greek or Byzantine Samian ware1848 black-figure1867 Kamares1895 Palace style1901 Urfirnis1912 petal ware1930 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 182 The Samian prisoners. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. Table Samian earth of two kinds. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. Table Samian stone. 1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. iii. 119 The Samian letter Y Whose spreading branches teach Philosophie, Hath marked out..The high-rear'd right-hand path, wherein to walke. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires iii. 36 Where the Samian Υ, directs thy Steps to run, To Virtue's Narrow Steep, and Broad-way Vice to shun. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Samian Earth, an Earth brought from the Isle of Samos,..esteemed very astringent, proper to dry, and draw Wounds. There is also a Samian Stone, taken out of the Mines in the same Island... 'Tis astringent and cooling, and is also used by the Goldsmiths to burnish their Gold, and give it a greater Lustre. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 145 When Reason doubtful, like the Samian letter, Points him two ways, the narrower is the better. 1779 T. Pownall in Archaeologia 5 287 The one [sc. vessel] is a red sort, the Ionian, or particularly the Samian, which is most commonly found. 1821 Ld. Byron Isles of Greece in Don Juan: Canto III 50 Fill high the bowl with Samian wine! c1841 W. T. P. Shortt Sylva Antiqua Iscana 110 The great quantity of fragments of Roman Red Ware, especially of that beautiful description, known to the ancients by the generic term of Samian, is not by any means the least interesting of the curiosities dug up in the city of Exeter, of late years. 1844 Gentleman's Mag. July 35/2 Whether that singularly beautiful red glazed earthenware..of which such vast quantities have been since exhumed in every part of England and France where their respective records have assigned a Roman station, be really the identical Samian pottery of Pliny, is, I think, a question yet to be decided. 1848 Jrnl. Brit. Archaeol. Assoc. Apr. 2 The Samian ware is found throughout this country almost wherever Roman remains are met with. 1859 Luard in Archaeologia Cantiana 2 7 The articles found consisted of Samian ware of various shapes. 1859 Luard in Archaeologia Cantiana 2 7 The vases, urns, and Samian vessels, were filled with bones. B. n. a. A native or inhabitant of Samos. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Greece > Greek islands Rhodianc1450 Naxianc1487 Candian1549 Melian1550 Parian1550 Sciote1553 Cretan1579 Samian1579 Leucadian1615 Sciana1641 Siphnian1709 Septinsular1807 Ionian1816 Corfiote1835 Naxiote1859 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 182 He..kept the Samians besieged within their owne cittie. 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad v. 138 Ulysses then, with thirst of glory fir'd, The Samian left, and to the prize aspir'd. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 249/2 The great battle of Mycale (480), which..freed the Samians from the Persian yoke. b. (frequently samian.) elliptical for Samian ware n. at sense A. ΚΠ 1958 Stanfield & Simpson Central Gaulish Potters i. 52 Black slip samian has a pinkish-red or buff-coloured core. 1967 Antiquaries Jrnl. 47 192 It seems most likely that the later samian has come from pits dug into the rampart. 1981 P. Salway Roman Brit. 202 Mr B R Hartley's study of the dies for the makers' stamps on samian pottery reveals that the amount of samian bearing the same stamps which comes from the two Walls is negligible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1579
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