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|lshtext=<b>Lesbos</b>: (-us), i (acc. Lesbum, Tac. A. 2, 54), f., = [[Λέσβος]]>,<br /><b>I</b> 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,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> 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]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> 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.