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
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..."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..."
