Λέσβος: Difference between revisions

|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"><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"><span class="bld">II</span> [[Λέσβιον]], [[τό]], </span><span class="sense"><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"><span class="bld">2</span> [[drinking-cup]], Hedyl. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.486b</span>.</span>