Samothrazien

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Samothracia, from Ancient Greek Σαμοθρᾴκη (Samothrā́ikē).

Proper noun

Samothrazien n (proper noun, genitive Samothraziens or (optionally with an article) Samothrazien)

1. Samothrace (an island in Greece)
   • 1912, Martin Luther (d. 1546) and others (modernising Luther's translation), Lutherbibel von 1912, Acts 16:11 (with KJV translation)

     Da fuhren wir aus von Troas; und geradewegs kamen wir gen Samothrazien, des andern Tages gen Neapolis

     Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis