λεσβιάζω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Λέσβος (Lésbos, Lesbos) + -άζω (-ázō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

λεσβιάζω (lesbiázō)

  1. (literal) to act like a person from the island of Lesbos
  2. (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)

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεσβῐάζω (lesbiázō), from Λέσβος (Lésbos, Lesbos) + -άζω (-ázō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lezviˈazo/
  • Hyphenation: λε‧σβι‧ά‧ζω

Verb

λεσβιάζω (lesviázo) (past λεσβίασα)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial, derogatory, vulgar) to turn lesbian, become lesbian
    Η Τάνια πράγματι λεσβίασε;
    I Tánia prágmati lesvíase;
    Did Tanya really go gay?

Conjugation