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|Full diacritics=Λέσβος
|Medium diacritics=Λέσβος
|Low diacritics=Λέσβος
|Capitals=ΛΕΣΒΟΣ
|Transliteration A=Lésbos
|Transliteration B=Lesbos
|Transliteration C=Lesvos
|Beta Code=&#42;le/sbos
|Definition=ἡ, <span class="title">Lesbos</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.24.544</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.342</span>, etc.; the seventh in magnitude of islands known to the Greeks, <span class="bibl">Alex.268.6</span>:—hence Adv. Λεσβ-όθεν, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[from Lesbos]], <span class="bibl">Il.9.664</span>; Λεσβ-όθι, [[at Lesbos]], EM25.15:—Adj. Λέσβιος, α, ον, Sapph.92, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.23</span>, etc.: prov., <b class="b3">μετὰ Λέσβιον ᾠδόν</b>, of those who are judged second best, <span class="bibl">Cratin.243</span>; <b class="b3">Λέσβιον κῦμα</b> or [[κυμάτιον]], v. [[κῦμα]] <span class="bibl">1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>78</span>, Vitr.4.6.2; so <b class="b3">τὸ Λέσβιον</b> (without [[κ]].) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span> 445.11</span> (iii B.C.); Λεσβία οἰκοδομία <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1137b30</span>; Λ. πώματος οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλος οἶνος ἡδίων πιεῖν <span class="bibl">Alex.274</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Philyll.24</span>; <b class="b3">ἡδίων ὁ Λ</b>. (sc. [[οἶνος]]), with a play on words, indicating a preference for Theophrastus (of Lesbos) over Eudemus (of Rhodes), Arist. ap. Gell.13.5. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Λέσβιον, τό</b>, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> part of a ship, <b class="b3">ἡ δευτέρα τρόπις</b> acc. to <span class="bibl">Poll.1.85</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[drinking-cup]], Hedyl. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.486b</span>.</span>
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|lstext='''Λέσβος''': ἡ, [[νῆσος]] κατὰ τὴν δυτικὴν παραλίαν τῆς μικρᾶς Ἀσίας, Ὅμ., κλ.· ἡ ἑβδόμη κατὰ τὸ [[μέγεθος]] ἐκ τῶν γνωστῶν τοῖς Ἕλλησι νήσων, Ἄλεξ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 30· ― Ἐπίρρ. Λεσβόθεν, ἐκ Λέσβου, Ἰλ. Η. 664· Λεσβόθι, ἐν Λέσβῳ, Ἐτυμολ. Μέγ. 25. 13· ― ἐπίθετ. Λέσβιος, α, ον, ἐκ Λέσβου, Ἡρόδ., κλ.· παροιμ., [[μετὰ]] Λέσβιον ᾠδόν, ἐπὶ ἐκείνων οἵτινες θεωροῦνται δεύτεροι [[μετὰ]] τοὺς ἀρίστους, ἴδε Meineke εἰς Κωμ. 2. σ. 159· Λέσβιον [[κῦμα]] ἢ [[κυμάτιον]] (ἴδε ἐν λέξ. [[κῦμα]] Ι. 2), Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπ. 72. 2, Βιτρούβ. 4. 6, 2· Λεσβία οἰκοδομὴ Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 5. 10, 7· ― ὁ [[οἶνος]] τῆς Λέσβου [[μεγάλως]] ἐτιμᾶτο, Φιλύλλ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 6, Ἄλεξ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 4 κἑξ. ΙΙ. Λέσβιον, τό, 1) [[μέρος]] πλοίου, ἡ δευτέρα [[τρόπις]] κατὰ τὸν Πολυδ. Α΄, 85. 2) ποτηρίου [[εἶδος]], Ἀνθ. Π. παράρτ. 31. 4, Ἡδύλ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 486Β.
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{{bailly
|btext=ου (ἡ) :<br />Lesbos (<i>auj.</i> Mytilini) <i>île de la mer Égée</i>.
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{{Autenrieth
|auten=[[Lesbos]], the [[island]] [[opposite]] the [[gulf]] of [[Adramyttium]], Od. 3.169, Il. 24.544 . —[[Λεσβόθεν]], [[from]] [[Lesbos]], Il. 9.664 . — [[Λεσβίς]], ίδος: Lesbian [[woman]], Il. 9.129, 271.
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{{lsm
|lsmtext='''Λέσβος:''' ἡ, [[νησί]] [[Λέσβος]], στη δυτική [[παραλία]] της Μικράς Ασίας, σε Όμηρ., κ.λπ.· επίρρ., [[Λεσβόθεν]], από τη Λέσβο, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.
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{{elru
|elrutext='''Λέσβος:''' ἡ Лесбос (остров у берегов Мисии с главным городом [[Μυτιλήνη]]) Hom., Xen. etc.
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{{mdlsj
|mdlsjtxt=[[Λέσβος]], ἡ,<br />[[Lesbos]], an [[island]] on the W. [[coast]] of [[Asia]] [[Minor]], Hom., etc.
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