Sapphic
See also: sapphic
English
Alternative forms
- Sapphick (obsolete)
Etymology
Ancient Greek Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ, “the Greek poet”) + -ic.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æfɪk
Audio (UK): (file)
Adjective
Sapphic (not comparable)
- Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry.
- (poetry) Of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five metrical feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl.
- Alternative letter-case form of sapphic: relating to lesbianism; lesbian.
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Translations
relating to the Greek poetess Sappho or her poetry
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sapphic — see sapphic
Noun
Sapphic (plural Sapphics)
- (poetry) A Sapphic verse.
- 1824, Vicesimus Knox, The Works of Vicesimus Knox, D.D.: With a Biographical Preface:
- His Sapphics, on the story of Bacchus and Ariadne, are easy, elegant, and poetical.
- 1887, Horace, Horace: The Odes, Carmen Seculare, and Epodes, page 174:
- The first line (which goes by the name of Aristophanes) is a Sapphic without the initial trochees.
- 1888, Maurice Thompson, A Fortnight of Folly, page 41:
- "A real Sapphic," said Crane, dropping into a poetical tone, as an elocutionist does when he is hungry for an opportunity to recite a favorite sketch.
- A person who is sapphic.
- 2004, Simon Callow, Being an Actor, page 9:
- 'Very good,” he said, 'although I must confess that the older I get, the less I am able to enjoy the company of women – except of course our own dear Enid who is so notorious a Sapphic as to be virtually hors concours.
- 2011 March 17, Annalisa Millo, A great year for lesbians, in QSaltake, issue 176, page 33:
- There are many of us (yes, even in Utah) who are more style-conscious, socially involved and culturally aware Sapphics than the common opinion dictates.
- 2019 Summer, Gretal M. (19), review of Her Royal Highness, by Rachel Hawkins in The Chuckanut Reader, page 71:
- Are you a fan of hate-to-love? Roommates? Royalty romances? Geology puns? Sapphics? Her Royal Highness has all of this and more. After Millie discovers her best friend turned maybe girlfriend kissing someone else, she decides to flee […]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sapphic.
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