Samosata
From LSJ
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Samŏsăta: ōrum, n., = τὰ Σαμόσατα,
I the capital of Commagene, on the western shore of the Euphrates, now Samosat, Plin. 2, 104, 108, § 235; 5, 24, 20, § 85; 5, 24, 21, § 86.—Also Samŏsăta, ae, f., Amm. 14, 8, 7; 18, 4, 7.—Hence, Sămŏsătēnus, a, um, of Samosata, a Samosatene: Paulus, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 8, § 105; Incarn. Dom. Sac. 2, § 8.
