Λέσβιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Λέσβος (Lésbos) +‎ -ιος (-ios)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /léz.bi.os/ → /ˈlez.βi.os/ → /ˈlez.vi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /léz.bi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlez.bi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlez.βi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlez.vi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlez.vi.os/

Adjective

Λέσβῐος • (Lésbĭos) m (feminine Λεσβίᾱ, neuter Λέσβῐον); first/second declension

1. Lesbian (of or pertaining to the isle of Lesbos)

Declension

First and second declension of Λέσβῐος; Λεσβῐ́ᾱ; Λέσβῐον (Attic)

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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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