Crossword clues for samian
samian
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Samian \Sa"mi*an\, a. [L. Samius.] Of or pertaining to the island of Samos.
Fill high the cup with Samian wine.
--Byron.
Samian earth, a species of clay from Samos, formerly used in medicine as an astringent.
Samian \Sa"mi*an\, n. A native or inhabitant of Samos.
Wikipedia
Samian may refer to:
- Something or someone from the Greek island of Samos
- Samian Sibyl
- Pythagoras of Samos, or Pythagoras the Samian
- Something or someone from another of the locations known as Samos
- Samian ware, a term used by archaeologists for Roman terra sigillata pottery produced in Gaul
- Samian, a band that Green Day drummer Tré Cool formerly played in
- Samian (rapper), a Canadian hip hop musician
- Samian, Iran, a village in Ardabil Province
Samuel Tremblay, better known by his stage name Samian (born 11 July 1983 in Pikogan, Quebec), is a Canadian rapper who performs in both French and Algonquin.
Usage examples of "samian".
Taithleach is the province of Samia, which consists almost exclusively of the Samian Desert.
Small finds include coins of Faustina Iunior, Iulia Domna, and Valens, Samian of about A.
Perhaps the most remarkable pieces among the pottery are some stamped pieces copied from decorated Samian, which I am able to figure here by Mr.
Fill high the bowl with Samian wine, leave soda to the Turkish hordes.
It was sung by a Samian maiden, Whose lover was of the number Who now keep That calm sleep Whence none may wake, where none shall weep.
With the gravity of one engaged in some holy rite he served out portions onto the plates, good red Samian ware, probably purchased from Lucius Viducius, whose couch was next to my chair.
And scan him: the features inspect Of that bestial multiform: cry, Corroborate I, O Samian Sage!
They will then proceed to Miletus, where they will be joined by one hundred ships from our Samian fleet.
Xerxes twirled the red-and-black cup back and forth in his hands like a Samian potter.
A century ago the Samian goldsmith Theodore had fashioned an elaborate grape vine of solid gold which curves about and around and above the bed, giving the impression of a metallic vineyard whose vines produce not grapes but precious stones.
Cato agreed, sitting down again to nurse a goblet no beakers or cups for Gnaeus Pompeyof excellent Samian wine.
Pythagoras the Samian, who arrived in these regions after his soul had gone a long round in the bodies of several animals, having been changed seven times.
Looking more closely at the bowl he realised that it was Samian ware, the cheap crockery manufactured in Gaul and exported across most of the western empire.
But there is a necklet of Samian fashioning lying in a chest down there intended for the white neck of Aldis.
Diogenes Laertius also relates of him, that one day meeting a man who was cruelly beating a dog, the Samian sage instantly detected in the piteous howls of the poor beast the cries of a dear friend of his long since deceased, and earnestly and successfully interceded for his rescue.