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Dictionary entries

  • 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);

    Entry →
    voc. sg. (m.)

Examples

  • M

    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..."
  • P

    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..."
  • P

    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..."

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