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

 

• IPA^(key): /léz.bos/ → /ˈlez.βos/ → /ˈlez.vos/

• (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

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

• 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^[1], 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

  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)

Further reading

• Λέσβος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el