Lesbos (-us), i (acc. Lesbum, Tac. A. 2, 54), f., = Λέσβος,
I a celebrated island in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Troy and Mysia, the birthplace of Pittacus, Alcaeus, Arion, Sappho, and Theophrastus, and famous for its wine; now Mityleni : sed quam capiam civitatem cogito ... Lesbumne, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 62; Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Ov. M. 11, 55: nota, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 1.—Hence,
A Lesbĭăcus , a, um, adj., Lesbian : Lesbiaci libri, a work of Dicaearchus on the immortality of the soul (so called because the dialogues contained in it were held at Mitylene, in Lesbos), Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 77: metrum, i. e. the Sapphic metre (because Sappho was a native of Lesbos), Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm. 1. —
B Lesbĭus , a, um, adj., = Λέσβιος, Lesbian : civis, i. e. Alcaeus , Hor. C. 1, 32, 5: plectrum, i. e. Alcaic , id. ib. 1, 26, 11: pes, i. e. a lyric poem , id. ib. 4, 6, 35: Lesbia vates, i. e. Sappho , Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 20: vinum, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73; Gell. 13, 5; Prop. 1, 14, 2; Hor. Epod. 9, 34: marmor, Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 44.—Also absol. : Lesbĭum , i, n., Lesbian wine , Hor. C. 1, 17, 21: Lesbium genus vasis caelati a Lesbis inventum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.—*
C Lesbōus , a, um, adj., Lesbian : nec Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton, the Lesbian lyre , i. e. lyric songs (like those of Alcaeus and Sappho), Hor. C. 1, 1, 34.—
D Lesbĭ-as , ădis, f., = Λεσβιάς, a Lesbian woman : Lesbiadum turba, Ov. H. 15, 16: Lesbias, a precious stone found in Lesbos , Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 171 (al. Lesbia).—
E Lesbis , ĭdis, adj. f. , = Λεσβίς, Lesbian : Lesbida cum domino seu tulit ille lyram, i. e. of Arion the Lesbian poet , Ov. F. 2, 82: Lesbi puella, vale, id. H. 15, 100.— Subst., a Lesbian woman : Lesbides, Ov. H. 15, 199.