lesbium
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. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →Lesbium, Lesbi(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Greece
Lesbian wine, wine from the island of Lesbos; vessel in embossed style;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...propterea quaeri debere exoticum vel Rhodium aliquod vel Lesbium. VI. Id sibi utrumque ut curarent, petivit usurumque..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...fama loquetur anus. LXXIX. ad Lesbium Lesbius est pulcer. quid ni? quem Lesbia malit quam te cum tota..."
