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λέσβιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λέσβιος λέσβιᾱ λέσβιον

Structure: λεσβι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Lesbian, of Lesbos

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative λέσβιος λεσβίᾱ λέσβιον
Genitive λεσβίου λεσβίᾱς λεσβίου
Dative λεσβίῳ λεσβίᾱͅ λεσβίῳ
Accusative λέσβιον λεσβίᾱν λέσβιον
Vocative λέσβιε λεσβίᾱ λέσβιον
DualN/A/V λεσβίω λεσβίᾱ λεσβίω
G/D λεσβίοιν λεσβίαιν λεσβίοιν
PluralNominative λέσβιοι λέσβιαι λέσβια
Genitive λεσβίων λεσβιῶν λεσβίων
Dative λεσβίοις λεσβίαις λεσβίοις
Accusative λεσβίους λεσβίᾱς λέσβια
Vocative λέσβιοι λέσβιαι λέσβια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective λέσβιος λεσβίου λεσβιώτερος λεσβιωτέρου λεσβιώτατος λεσβιωτάτου
Adverb λεσβίως λεσβιώτερον λεσβιώτατα

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

  • οὐκ ἄκαιρον δ’ ἄν γένοιτο καὶ Λέσβιον μῦθόν τινα διηγήσασθαί σοι πάλαι γενόμενον. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 11:1)
  • φιλῶ γε πράμνιον οἶνον Λέσβιον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 51 2:2)
  • Θάσιον ἢ Χῖον λαβὼν ἢ Λέσβιον γέροντα νεκταροσταγῆ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 51 2:10)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐδὲν τἄλλ’ ἐστὶν ἁπλῶσ πρὸσ Λέσβιον οἶνον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 52 3:5)
  • φησὶ δὲ Φιλύλλιοσ ὅτι παρέξω Λέσβιον, Χῖον σαπρόν, Θάσιον, Βίβλινον, Μενδαῖον, ὥστε μηδένα κραιπαλᾶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 56 2:5)

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

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