lesbis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Lesbus, Lesbi:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
- Geography:
- Greece
Lesbos; (island in North Aegean, famous for lyric poetry of Sappho and wine);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →Lesbos, Lesbi:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
- Geography:
- Greece
Lesbos; (island in North Aegean, famous for lyric poetry of Sappho and wine);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →Lesbis, Lesbidis:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Greece
Lesbian woman, woman from the island of Lesbos;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
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..."
