Λέσβος

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /léz.bos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlez.bos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlez.βos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlez.vos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlez.vos/

Proper noun

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

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

English: Lesbos
Greek: Λέσβος (Lésvos)

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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlezvos/
Hyphenation: Λέ‧σβος

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Proper noun

Λέσβος • (Lésvos) f

Lesbos (third largest island in Greece)

Declension

Λέσβος

case \ number	singular
nominative	Λέσβος •
genitive	Λέσβου •
accusative	Λέσβο •
vocative	Λέσβε • Λέσβο •

Synonyms

Μυτιλήνη f (Mytilíni, “Mytilene”)

Derived terms

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

Λέσβος

Contents

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Greek

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Proper noun

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