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Samian, a. and n.|ˈseɪmɪən|
[f. L. Sami-us, Gr. σάµιος (f. Sam-us, -os, Gr. σάµος) + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Samos, an island in the ægean Sea, the birthplace of Pythagoras. Samian earth (see quot. 1728). Samian letter, the letter υ, used by Pythagoras as an emblem of the different roads of Virtue and Vice. Samian stone (see quot. 1728). Samian ware, 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.
1580North Plutarch, Pericles (1595) 182 The Samian prisoners. 1601Holland Pliny II. Table, Samian earth of two kinds. Ibid., Samian stone. 1616[see y 1 b]. 1693Dryden Persius iii. 109 Where the Samian υ directs thy Steps to run To Virtue's narrow Steep, and Broad-way Vice to shun. 1728Chambers Cycl., Samian Earth, 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. 1742Pope Dunc. iv. 151 When Reason doubtful, like the Samian letter, Points him two ways, the narrower is the better. 1779T. Pownall in Archæologia V. 287 The one [sc. vessel] is a red sort, the Ionian, or particularly the Samian, which is most commonly found. 1821Byron Juan iii. Isles of Greece xiii, Fill high the bowl with Samian wine! c1841W. 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. 1844Gentl. 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. 1848Jrnl. Brit. Archaeol. Assoc. Apr. 2 The Samian ware is found throughout this country almost wherever Roman remains are met with. 1859Luard in Archæol. Cantiana II. 7 The articles found consisted of Samian ware of various shapes. Ibid., The vases, urns, and Samian vessels, were filled with bones.
B. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of Samos.
1580North Plutarch, Pericles (1595) 181 He..kept the Samians besieged within their owne citie. 1759W. Wilkie Epigon. v. 138 Ulysses then, with thirst of glory fir'd, The Samian left, and to the prize aspir'd. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 249/2 The great battle of Mycale (480), which..freed the Samians from the Persian yoke.
b. (freq. samian.) ellipt. for Samian ware.
1958Stanfield & Simpson Central Gaulish Potters i. 52 Black slip samian has a pinkish-red or buff-coloured core. 1967Antiquaries Jrnl. XLVII. 192 It seems most likely that the later samian has come from pits dug into the rampart. 1981P. Salway Roman Britain 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. |