lesbiam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Lesbius, Lesbia, Lesbium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Greece
Lesbian, of Lesbos (Aegean island); type of sculptured decoration;; lesbian, tribade; (woman who engages in sexual activity with other women);
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
- T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Eretriam, Corinthum, Chalcidem, Cretam, Cyprum, Sicyonem, Cnidum, Zacynthum, Lesbiam, Boeotiam. EVT. Cur istuc coeptas consilium? CHAR. Quia enim..." - P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...pater inprudentem opprimat. Mysis Audivi, Archylis, iamdudum: Lesbiam adduci iubes. sane pol illa temulentast mulier et temeraria..." - A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...igitur Catullus eadem se facere dicit, quae Lesbiam, quod et malediceret ei palam respueretque et recusaret detestareturque assidue..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...tibi, gemelle Castor et gemelle Castoris. V. ad Lesbiam Vivamus mea Lesbia, atque amemus, rumoresque senum severiorum omnes..."