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
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Eretriam, Corinthum, Chalcidem, Cretam, Cyprum, Sicyonem, Cnidum, Zacynthum, Lesbiam, Boeotiam. EVT. Cur istuc coeptas consilium? CHAR. Quia enim..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...pater inprudentem opprimat. Mysis Audivi, Archylis, iamdudum: Lesbiam adduci iubes. sane pol illa temulentast mulier et temeraria..."Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...igitur Catullus eadem se facere dicit, quae Lesbiam, quod et malediceret ei palam respueretque et recusaret detestareturque assidue..."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..."