Ancient Greek

Proper noun

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

1. Lesbos

Inflection

Derived terms

• Λέσβιος ‎(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

Λέσβος

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λέσβος ‎(Lésbos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlezvos/
• Hyphenation: Λέσ‧βος

Proper noun

Λέσβος • ‎(Lésvos) f

1. Lesbos (third largest island in Greece)

Declension

Derived terms

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

Synonyms

• Μυτιλήνη f ‎(Mytilíni, “Mytilene”)

External links

• Λέσβος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el