Sappho
Translingual
Proper noun
Sappho f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – the red-tailed comet.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Trochilidae – family; Trochilinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
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References
- Sappho (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sappho on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Sappho (Trochilidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ).
Proper noun
Sappho
- An Ancient Greek female name, particularly borne by a poetess from Lesbos who lived between 630 and 570 BC (exact dates unknown).
- (astronomy) 80 Sappho, a main belt asteroid.
Translations
Greek female name
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ).
Proper noun
Sapphō f sg (variously declined, genitive Sapphūs or Sapphōnis); fourth declension, third declension
- Sappho
- (Can we date this quote?), Plinius, Naturalis Historia, lib. XXII, cap. IX, num. 20; in: Pliny Natural History with an English translation in ten volumes Volume VI Libri XX-XXIII By W. H. S. Jones, 1951, page 308f.:
- ob hoc et Phaonem Lesbium dilectum a Sappho, multa circa hoc non Magorum solum vanitate, sed etiam Pythagoricorum.
- This, it is said, is how Phaon of Lesbos too won the love of Sappho, there being much idle trifling on this subject not only among the Magi but also among the Pythagoreans.d
- d As is suggested by the punctuation of Detlefsen and Mayhoff, this sentence is taken to be part of the indirect speech, with multa ablative. With a full stop at Sappho, it could be taken as a comment of Pliny, with multa neuter plural.
- ob hoc et Phaonem Lesbium dilectum a Sappho, multa circa hoc non Magorum solum vanitate, sed etiam Pythagoricorum.
- (Can we date this quote?), Guntherus Cisterciensis, De oratione jejunio et eleemosyna libri tredecim, lib. III, cap. V; in: Patrologiae cursus completus sive bibliotheca universalis, integra, uniformis, commoda, oeconomica, omnium SS. patrum, doctorum scriptorumque ecclesiaticorum. Series secunda. Patrologiae tomus CCXII, edited by J.-P. Migne, 1855, col. 131:
- Curiose afficiunt, quae ipso auditu libidinem incitant, ut lyrica Sapphonis, elegiae Nasonis, comoediae Menandri, Plauti vel Terentii.
- (Can we date this quote?), Plinius, Naturalis Historia, lib. XXII, cap. IX, num. 20; in: Pliny Natural History with an English translation in ten volumes Volume VI Libri XX-XXIII By W. H. S. Jones, 1951, page 308f.:
Declension
Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Sapphō |
Genitive | Sapphūs |
Dative | — |
Accusative | Sapphō |
Ablative | Sapphō |
Vocative | Sapphō |
- In Late Latin a genitive Sapphō is attested.
- Hieronymus, Praefatio in Job; in: Mélanges théologiques historiques et moraux empruntés des œuvres de Saint Jérome, et traduits en français, avec le texte en regard, par F.-Z. Collombet. Tome second, 1842, p. 138:
- Quod si cui videtur incredulum, metra scilicet esse apud Hebraeos, et in morem nostri Flacci, Graecique Pindari, et Alcaei, et Sappho, vel Psalterium, vel Lamentationes Jeremiae, vel omnia ferme Scripturarum cantica comprehendi, legat Philonem, Josephum, Originem, Caesariensem Eusebium, et eorum testimonio me verum dicere comprobabit.
- And if it seem incredible to any one that the Hebrews really have metres, and that, whether we consider the Psalter or the Lamentations of Jeremiah, or almost all the songs of Scripture, they bear a resemblance to our Flaccus, and the Greek Pindar, and Alcæus, and Sappho, let him read Philo, Josephus, Origen, Eusebius of Cæsarea, and with the aid of their testimony he will find that I speak the truth. (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (series II, volume 6))
- Quod si cui videtur incredulum, metra scilicet esse apud Hebraeos, et in morem nostri Flacci, Graecique Pindari, et Alcaei, et Sappho, vel Psalterium, vel Lamentationes Jeremiae, vel omnia ferme Scripturarum cantica comprehendi, legat Philonem, Josephum, Originem, Caesariensem Eusebium, et eorum testimonio me verum dicere comprobabit.
- Hieronymus, Praefatio in Job; in: Mélanges théologiques historiques et moraux empruntés des œuvres de Saint Jérome, et traduits en français, avec le texte en regard, par F.-Z. Collombet. Tome second, 1842, p. 138:
In Medieval and New Latin it is also declined like this:
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Sapphō |
Genitive | Sapphōnis |
Dative | Sapphōnī |
Accusative | Sapphōnem |
Ablative | Sapphōne |
Vocative | Sapphō |
Related terms
References
- “Sappho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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