Sappho

Translingual thumb|upright|Sappho sparganurus species (red-tailed comet) Proper noun 1 f genus family Trochilidae red-tailed comet Hypernyms genus ; Trochilinae subfamily subfamily Hyponyms genus Sappho sparganurus species (red-tailed comet) sole species References Sappho (genus) 1 Sappho (Trochilidae) mul Birds English Etymology en :lbor la:Sapphō :grc 1 Pronunciation en /ˈsæ.fəʊ/ RP en /ˈsæ.foʊ/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sappho.wav Southern England en æfəʊ 2 en Sap pho Proper noun en grc Σαπφώ female given name notably borne by ancient Greek poet Sappho of Lesbos (612  – 570 . en asteroid 80 Sappho, a main belt asteroid. en rare en female Ancient Greek. Derived terms en Sapphist en Sapphic, en sapphic Translations Greek female name Armenian: hy Սապփո Bulgarian: bg Сафо f Catalan: ca Safo Danish: da Sapfo Dutch: nl Sappho Esperanto: eo Sapfo Finnish: fi Sapfo French: fr Sappho German: de Sappho f Greek: el Σαπφώ Ancient Greek: grc Σαπφώ f Hebrew: he סאפפו Sappo Hungarian: hu Szapphó, hu Szapfó Irish: ga Safó f Italian: it Saffo Japanese: ja サッポー Sappō Latin: la Sapphō f Occitan: oc Safo Polish: pl Safona f, pl Safo f Portuguese: pt Safo Russian: ru Сапфо́, ru Сафо́ Slovak: sk Sapfo f Spanish: es Safo Swedish: sv Sapfo Anagrams en ahopps Paphos Latin la: Etymology la female given name Sapphō :bor grc:Σαπφώ<id:female given name> + 1 Pronunciation Sapphō Proper noun ((Sapphō<4.Callisto>,Sapphō<0>,Sapphō<3>)) f la grc Σαπφώ female given name Sappho 1st century CE, 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.: la 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.dd 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. la, 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: la Curiose afficiunt, quae ipso auditu libidinem incitant, ut lyrica Sapphonis, elegiae Nasonis, comoediae Menandri, Plauti vel Terentii. Those things have interesting influence which arouse desire by the very hearing, as the poetry of Sappho, the elegies of Naso, the comedies of Menander, Plautus, or Terence. Declension ((Sapphō<4.Callisto>,Sapphō<0>)) 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)) In Medieval and New Latin it is alterantively declined as such: Sapphō<3> Related terms la Sapphicus References la Individuals Poetry