Λέσβος

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