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 • (Lésbios) 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 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
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