Λέσβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Name said to originally mean 'forested' or 'woody,' possibly a Hittite borrowing, as the original Hittite name for the island was Lazpa.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Λέσβος • (Lésbos) f (genitive Λέσβου); second declension

  1. Lesbos

Inflection
Second declension of ἡ Λέσβος; τῆς Λέσβου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Λέσβος
hē Lésbos
Genitive τῆς Λέσβου
tês Lésbou
Dative τῇ Λέσβῳ
têi Lésbōi
Accusative τὴν Λέσβον
tḕn Lésbon
Vocative Λέσβε
Lésbe
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Λέσβῐος (Lésbios)

Descendants

References
  • Λέσβος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Λέσβος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Λέσβος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

Greek
Λέσβος

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlezvos/
  • Hyphenation: Λέ‧σβος

Proper noun

Λέσβος • (Lésvos) f

  1. Lesbos (third largest island in Greece)

Declension
Declension of Λέσβος (Lésvos)
singular
nominative Λέσβος •
genitive Λέσβου •
accusative Λέσβο •
vocative Λέσβε •  Λέσβο •

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • Λέσβιος m (Lésvios, “male from Lesbos”)
  • Λέσβια f (Lésvia, “female from Lesbos”)
  • Λεσβία f (Lesvía, “female from Lesbos”)
  • λεσβιακός (lesviakós) (adjective)

Further reading
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