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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Λέσβος, ἡ.
Of Lesbos, adj.: Λέσβιος.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lesbos: (-us), i (acc. Lesbum, Tac. A. 2, 54), f., = Λέσβος,
I a celebrated island in the Ægean Sea, off the coast of Troy and Mysia, the birthplace of Pittacus, Alcæus, Arion, Sappho, and Theophrastus, and famous for its wine; now Mityleni: sed quam capiam civitatem cogito ... Lesbumne, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 62; Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Ov. M. 11, 55: nota, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 1.—Hence,
A Lesbĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: Lesbiaci libri, a work of Dicæarchus on the immortality of the soul (so called because the dialogues contained in it were held at Mitylene, in Lesbos), Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 77: metrum, i. e. the Sapphic metre (because Sappho was a native of Lesbos), Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm. 1. —
B Lesbĭus, a, um, adj., = Λέσβιος, Lesbian: civis, i. e. Alcæus, Hor. C. 1, 32, 5: plectrum, i. e. Alcaic, id. ib. 1, 26, 11: pes, i. e. a lyric poem, id. ib. 4, 6, 35: Lesbia vates, i. e. Sappho, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 20: vinum, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73; Gell. 13, 5; Prop. 1, 14, 2; Hor. Epod. 9, 34: marmor, Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 44.—Also absol.: Lesbĭum, i, n., Lesbian wine, Hor. C. 1, 17, 21: Lesbium genus vasis caelati a Lesbis inventum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.—*
C Lesbōus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: nec Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton, the Lesbian lyre, i. e. lyric songs (like those of Alcæus and Sappho), Hor. C. 1, 1, 34.—
D Lesbĭ-as, ădis, f., = Λεσβιάς, a Lesbian woman: Lesbiadum turba, Ov. H. 15, 16: Lesbias, a precious stone found in Lesbos, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 171 (al. Lesbia).—
E Lesbis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Λεσβίς, Lesbian: Lesbida cum domino seu tulit ille lyram, i. e. of Arion the Lesbian poet, Ov. F. 2, 82: Lesbi puella, vale, id. H. 15, 100.—Subst., a Lesbian woman: Lesbides, Ov. H. 15, 199.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Lesbŏs,¹³ ī, f. (Λέσβος), île de la mer Égée : Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2 ; Virg. G. 2, 90 ; Ov. M. 11, 55.
Latin > German (Georges)
Lesbos, ī, f. (Λέσβος), Insel des Ägäischen Meers, Geburtsort des Pittakus, Alcäus, Theophrastus, Arion u. der Sappho, berühmt wegen ihres Weins, j. Metellino od. Midilly, Mela 2, 7, 4 (2. § 101). Plin. 5, 139. Varro LL. 9, 67. Cic. ad Att. 9, 9, 2. Verg. georg. 2, 90. Ov. met. 11, 55: Akk. Lesbon, Ov. met. 2, 591. Lucan. 8, 134: Akk. Lesbum, Vell. 1, 2, 5. Plin. 2, 232. Tac. ann. 2, 54. – Dav.: a) Lesbiacus, a, um, lesbisch, libri, qui Lesbiaci vocantur, drei Bücher Dialoge des Dicäarchus, weil die Unterredung auf Lesbos ist, Cic. Tusc. 1, 77: metrum, Sidon. epist. 9, 13. carm. 1. v. 11. – b) Lesbias, adis, f. (Λεσβίς), lesbisch, subst., die Lesbierin, Ov. – c) Lesbis, idis, Akk. ida, f. (Λεσβίς), lesbisch, subst., die Lesbierin, lyra, des Arion, Ov.: Lesbides, lesbische Mädchen, Lesbierinnen, Ov.: Lesbis puella u. bl. Lesbis, Sappho, Ov. – d) Lesbius, a, um (Λέσβιος), lesbisch, civis, Alcäus, Hor.: plectrum, alcäisches od. lyrisches, Hor.: pes, lyrisches Gedicht, Hor.: vates, Sappho, Ov.: Lesbium vinum, Plaut. u.a., u. bl. Lesbium, Hor. – e) Lesbōus, a, um (Λεσβωος), lesboisch, lesbisch, Hor.
