Λέσβος
lesbos
Lesbos
Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
Λέσβος, ἡ, A. Lesbos, Il. 24.544, Od. 4.342, etc.; the seventh in magnitude of islands known to the Greeks, 268.6:—hence Adv. Λεσβ-όθεν, from Lesbos, Il. 9.664; Λεσβ-όθι, at Lesbos, 25.15:—Adj. Λέσβιος, α, ον, 92, 1.23, etc.: prov., μετὰ Λέσβιον ᾠδόν, of those who are judged second best, 243; Λέσβιον κῦμα or κυμάτιον, v. κῦμα I.3, Fr. 78, 4.6.2; so τὸ Λέσβιον (without κ.) PCair.Zen. 445.11 (iii B.C.); Λεσβία οἰκοδομία EN 1137b30; Λ. πώματος οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλος οἶνος ἡδίων πιεῖν 274, cf. 24; ἡδίων ὁ Λ. (sc. οἶνος), with a play on words, indicating a preference for Theophrastus (of Lesbos) over Eudemus (of Rhodes), ap. 13.5. II. Λέσβιον, τό, 1. part of a ship, ἡ δευτέρα τρόπις acc. to 1.85. 2. drinking-cup, ap. 11.486b.
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