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Λεσβίς

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λεσβίς Λεσβίδος

Structure: Λεσβιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a Lesbian woman

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἔλθετε πρὸσ τέμενοσ ταυρώπιδοσ ἀγλαὸν Ἥρησ, Λεσβίδεσ, ἁβρὰ ποδῶν βήμαθ’ ἑλισσόμεναι, ἔνθα καλὸν στήσασθε θεῇ χορὸν ὔμμι δ’ ἀπάρξει Σαπφὼ χρυσείην χερσὶν ἔχουσα λύρην, ὄλβιαι ὀρχηθμοῦ πολυγηθέοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1891)
  • δώσω δ’ ἑπτὰ γυναῖκασ ἀμύμονα ἔργα ἰδυίασ Λεσβίδασ, ἃσ ὅτε Λέσβον ἐϋκτιμένην ἕλεν αὐτὸσ ἐξελόμην, αἳ κάλλει ἐνίκων φῦλα γυναικῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 11:8)
  • δώσει δ’ ἑπτὰ γυναῖκασ ἀμύμονα ἔργα ἰδυίασ Λεσβίδασ, ἃσ ὅτε Λέσβον ἐϋκτιμένην ἕλεσ αὐτὸσ ἐξέλεθ’, αἳ τότε κάλλει ἐνίκων φῦλα γυναικῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 19:15)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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