Λέσβιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Λέσβος (Lésbos) + -ιος (-ios)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /léz.bi.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlez.bi.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlez.βi.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlez.vi.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlez.vi.os/
Adjective
Λέσβῐος • (Lésbios) m (feminine Λεσβίᾱ, neuter Λέσβῐον); first/second declension
- Lesbian (of or pertaining to the isle of Lesbos)
Declension
First and second declension of Λέσβῐος; Λεσβῐ́ᾱ; Λέσβῐον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | Λέσβῐος Lésbios | Λεσβῐ́ᾱ Lesbíā | Λέσβῐον Lésbion | Λεσβῐ́ω Lesbíō | Λεσβῐ́ᾱ Lesbíā | Λεσβῐ́ω Lesbíō | Λέσβῐοι Lésbioi | Λέσβῐαι Lésbiai | Λέσβῐᾰ Lésbia | |||||
Genitive | Λεσβῐ́ου Lesbíou | Λεσβῐ́ᾱς Lesbíās | Λεσβῐ́ου Lesbíou | Λεσβῐ́οιν Lesbíoin | Λεσβῐ́αιν Lesbíain | Λεσβῐ́οιν Lesbíoin | Λεσβῐ́ων Lesbíōn | Λεσβῐ́ων Lesbíōn | Λεσβῐ́ων Lesbíōn | |||||
Dative | Λεσβῐ́ῳ Lesbíōi | Λεσβῐ́ᾳ Lesbíāi | Λεσβῐ́ῳ Lesbíōi | Λεσβῐ́οιν Lesbíoin | Λεσβῐ́αιν Lesbíain | Λεσβῐ́οιν Lesbíoin | Λεσβῐ́οις Lesbíois | Λεσβῐ́αις Lesbíais | Λεσβῐ́οις Lesbíois | |||||
Accusative | Λέσβῐον Lésbion | Λεσβῐ́ᾱν Lesbíān | Λέσβῐον Lésbion | Λεσβῐ́ω Lesbíō | Λεσβῐ́ᾱ Lesbíā | Λεσβῐ́ω Lesbíō | Λεσβῐ́ους Lesbíous | Λεσβῐ́ᾱς Lesbíās | Λέσβῐᾰ Lésbia | |||||
Vocative | Λέσβῐε Lésbie | Λεσβῐ́ᾱ Lesbíā | Λέσβῐον Lésbion | Λεσβῐ́ω Lesbíō | Λεσβῐ́ᾱ Lesbíā | Λεσβῐ́ω Lesbíō | Λέσβῐοι Lésbioi | Λέσβῐαι Lésbiai | Λέσβῐᾰ Lésbia | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
Λεσβῐ́ως Lesbíōs | Λεσβῐώτερος Lesbiṓteros | Λεσβῐώτᾰτος Lesbiṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Lesbius
Further reading
- Λέσβιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Λέσβιος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- “Λέσβιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Λέσβιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015