Λέσβος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, [[Lesbos]], Il.24.544, Od.4.342, etc.; the seventh in magnitude of islands known to the Greeks, Alex.268.6:—hence Adv. [[Λεσβόθεν]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[from Lesbos]], Il.9.664; [[Λεσβόθι]], [[at Lesbos]], EM25.15:—Adj. [[Λέσβιος]], α, ον, Sapph.92, Hdt.1.23, etc.: [[proverb|prov.]], μετὰ Λέσβιον ᾠδόν, of those who are [[judge]]d [[second]] [[best]], Cratin.243; Λέσβιον [[κῦμα]] or [[κυμάτιον]] = [[waved moulding]], [[cyma]], v. [[κῦμα]] 1.3, A.Fr.78, Vitr.4.6.2; so τὸ [[Λέσβιον]] (without [[κῦμα]]) PCair.Zen. 445.11 (iii B.C.); Λεσβία [[οἰκοδομία]] Arist.EN1137b30; Λ. πώματος οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλος οἶνος ἡδίων πιεῖν Alex.274, cf. Philyll.24; ἡδίων ὁ Λέσβιος = the [[Lesbian]] is the [[sweet]]er (sc. [[οἶνος]]), with a [[play]] on words, indicating a [[preference]] for [[Theophrastus]] (of [[Lesbos]]) over [[Eudemus]] (of Rhodes), Arist. ap. Gell.13.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[Λέσβιον]], [[τό]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> part of a [[ship]], ἡ δευτέρα [[τρόπις]] acc. to Poll.1.85.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[drinking]] [[cup]], Hedyl. ap. Ath.11.486b.