lesbon
Dictionary entries
- 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);
acc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...saeui cum Caesaris iramiam scirem meritam seruata coniuge Lesbon, 135non ueritus tantam ueniae committere uobismateriam. sed iam satis..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...honori? an quae per totam res est notissima Lesbon, non audita tibi est, patrium temerasse cubile Nyctimenen? avis..."