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 • (Lésbĭos) m (feminine Λεσβίᾱ, neuter Λέσβῐον); first/second declension
- Lesbian (of or pertaining to the isle of Lesbos)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | Λέσβῐος Lésbĭos |
Λεσβῐ́ᾱ Lesbĭ́ā |
Λέσβῐον Lésbĭon |
Λεσβῐ́ω Lesbĭ́ō |
Λεσβῐ́ᾱ Lesbĭ́ā |
Λεσβῐ́ω Lesbĭ́ō |
Λέσβῐοι Lésbĭoi |
Λέσβῐαι Lésbĭai |
Λέσβῐᾰ Lésbĭă | |||||
| Genitive | Λεσβῐ́ου Lesbĭ́ou |
Λεσβῐ́ᾱς Lesbĭ́ās |
Λεσβῐ́ου Lesbĭ́ou |
Λεσβῐ́οιν Lesbĭ́oin |
Λεσβῐ́αιν Lesbĭ́ain |
Λεσβῐ́οιν Lesbĭ́oin |
Λεσβῐ́ων Lesbĭ́ōn |
Λεσβῐ́ων Lesbĭ́ōn |
Λεσβῐ́ων Lesbĭ́ōn | |||||
| Dative | Λεσβῐ́ῳ Lesbĭ́ōi |
Λεσβῐ́ᾳ Lesbĭ́āi |
Λεσβῐ́ῳ Lesbĭ́ōi |
Λεσβῐ́οιν Lesbĭ́oin |
Λεσβῐ́αιν Lesbĭ́ain |
Λεσβῐ́οιν Lesbĭ́oin |
Λεσβῐ́οις Lesbĭ́ois |
Λεσβῐ́αις Lesbĭ́ais |
Λεσβῐ́οις Lesbĭ́ois | |||||
| Accusative | Λέσβῐον Lésbĭon |
Λεσβῐ́ᾱν Lesbĭ́ān |
Λέσβῐον Lésbĭon |
Λεσβῐ́ω Lesbĭ́ō |
Λεσβῐ́ᾱ Lesbĭ́ā |
Λεσβῐ́ω Lesbĭ́ō |
Λεσβῐ́ους Lesbĭ́ous |
Λεσβῐ́ᾱς Lesbĭ́ās |
Λέσβῐᾰ Lésbĭă | |||||
| Vocative | Λέσβῐε Lésbĭe |
Λεσβῐ́ᾱ Lesbĭ́ā |
Λέσβῐον Lésbĭon |
Λεσβῐ́ω Lesbĭ́ō |
Λεσβῐ́ᾱ Lesbĭ́ā |
Λεσβῐ́ω Lesbĭ́ō |
Λέσβῐοι Lésbĭoi |
Λέσβῐαι Lésbĭai |
Λέσβῐᾰ Lésbĭă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| Λεσβῐ́ως Lesbĭ́ōs |
Λεσβῐώτερος Lesbĭṓteros |
Λεσβῐώτᾰτος Lesbĭṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015