λεσβιάζω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Λέσβος (Lésbos, “Lesbos”) + -άζω (-ázō).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lez.bi.áz.dɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lez.biˈa.zo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lez.βiˈa.zo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lez.viˈa.zo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lez.viˈa.zo/
Verb
[edit]λεσβιάζω • (lesbiázō)
- (literal) to act like a person from the island of Lesbos
- (vulgar) to perform fellatio (since the women of Lesbos were said to have invented fellatio, according to a scholion on line 1346 of Aristophanes's Wasps)
Inflection
[edit] Present: λεσβιάζω, λεσβιάζομαι
Further reading
[edit]- λεσβιάζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek λεσβῐάζω (lesbiázō), from Λέσβος (Lésbos, “Lesbos”) + -άζω (-ázō).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]λεσβιάζω • (lesviázo) (past λεσβίασα)
- (intransitive, colloquial, derogatory, vulgar) to turn lesbian, become lesbian
- Η Τάνια πράγματι λεσβίασε;
- I Tánia prágmati lesvíase;
- Did Tanya really go gay?
Conjugation
[edit]λεσβιάζω (active forms only)
Active voice ➤ | ||||
Indicative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect ➤ | Perfective aspect ➤ | ||
Non-past tenses ➤ | Present ➤ | Dependent ➤ | ||
1 sg | λεσβιάζω | λεσβιάσω | ||
2 sg | λεσβιάζεις | λεσβιάσεις | ||
3 sg | λεσβιάζει | λεσβιάσει | ||
1 pl | λεσβιάζουμε, [‑ομε] | λεσβιάσουμε, [‑ομε] | ||
2 pl | λεσβιάζετε | λεσβιάσετε | ||
3 pl | λεσβιάζουν(ε) | λεσβιάσουν(ε) | ||
Past tenses ➤ | Imperfect ➤ | Simple past ➤ | ||
1 sg | λεσβίαζα | λεσβίασα | ||
2 sg | λεσβίαζες | λεσβίασες | ||
3 sg | λεσβίαζε | λεσβίασε | ||
1 pl | λεσβιάζαμε | λεσβιάσαμε | ||
2 pl | λεσβιάζατε | λεσβιάσατε | ||
3 pl | λεσβίαζαν, λεσβιάζαν(ε) | λεσβίασαν, λεσβιάσαν(ε) | ||
Future tenses ➤ | Continuous ➤ | Simple ➤ | ||
1 sg | θα λεσβιάζω ➤ | θα λεσβιάσω ➤ | ||
2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl | θα λεσβιάζεις, … | θα λεσβιάσεις, … | ||
Perfect aspect ➤ | ||||
Present perfect ➤ | έχω, έχεις, … λεσβιάσει | |||
Past perfect ➤ | είχα, είχες, … λεσβιάσει | |||
Future perfect ➤ | θα έχω, θα έχεις, … λεσβιάσει | |||
Subjunctive mood ➤ | Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας). | |||
Imperative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect | Perfective aspect | ||
2 sg | λεσβίαζε | λεσβίασε | ||
2 pl | λεσβιάζετε | λεσβιάστε | ||
Other forms | ||||
Active present participle ➤ | λεσβιάζοντας ➤ | |||
Active perfect participle ➤ | έχοντας λεσβιάσει ➤ | |||
Passive perfect participle ➤ | — | |||
Nonfinite form ➤ | λεσβιάσει | |||
Notes Appendix:Greek verbs |
• (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive. | |||
Related terms
[edit]- πουστεύω (poustévo, “to turn gay”)
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