lesbie
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);
voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pauidus correpsit in alnum.conscia curarum secretae in litora Lesbi 40flectere uela iubet, qua tunc tellure latebasmaestior, in mediis..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...invectae flumen populare relinquunt et Methymnaeae potiuntur litore Lesbi: hic ferus expositum peregrinis anguis harenis os petit..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...tenens strictum Dido miserabilis ensem dicat et Aoniae Lesbis amata lyrae. Quam cito de toto rediit meus orbe..."
