Lesbos

See also: lesbos

English

Alternative forms

• Lesvos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛz.bɒs/

Proper noun

Lesbos

1. An island in Greece, in the northeastern Aegean Sea.

Synonyms

• Mytilene

Related terms

• lesbian
• lesbic

Translations

island

• Armenian: Լեսբոս (hy) (Lesbos)
• Catalan: Lesbos f
• Czech: Lesbos (cs)
• Dutch: Lesbos
• Esperanto: Lesbo, Mitileno
• Finnish: Lesbos (fi)
• French: Lesbos (fr)
• German: Lesbos (de) n
• Greek: Λέσβος (el) (Lésvos)

  Ancient: Λέσβος f (Lésbos)

• Hittite: 𒆷𒊍𒉺 (la-az-pa)
• Hungarian: Leszbosz
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• Italian: Lesbo f
• Latin: Lesbos f
• Marathi: लेस्बोस (lesbos)
• Ottoman Turkish: مدللی (Midilli)
• Polish: Lesbos (pl) f
• Portuguese: Lesbos (pt) f
• Romanian: Lesbos n
• Russian: Ле́сбос (ru) m (Lésbos)
• Spanish: Lesbos
• Turkish: Midilli (tr)

See also

• Lesbos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Bloses, Sobels, sobels

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛzbos]
• Hyphenation: Le‧s‧bos

Proper noun

Lesbos m inan

1. Lesbos

Related terms

• lesboský

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Lesbus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos).

Proper noun

Lesbos f sg (genitive Lesbī); second declension

1. Lesbos

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lesbos
Genitive	Lesbī
Dative	Lesbō
Accusative	Lesbon
Ablative	Lesbō
Vocative	Lesbe
Locative	Lesbī

Related terms

• Lesbia
• Lesbiacus
• Lesbiās
• Lesbis

• Lesbium
• Lesbius
• Lesbōus

References

• “Lesbos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lesbos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Lesbos f

1. Lesbos (an island and regional unit of the North Aegean region, Greece)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Lesbos ?

1. Lesbos (an island in Greece)

Related terms

• lesbio