Λέσβ-ος,ἡ,Lesbos, Il. 24.544 , Od. 4.342 , etc.; the seventh in magnitude of islands known to the Greeks, Alex. 268.6 :—henceAdv. Λεσβ-όθεν,
A. 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 κῦμαorκυμάτιον, v. κῦμα
1.3 , A. Fr. 78 , Vitr. 4.6.2 ; soτὸ Λέσβιον(withoutκ.) 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 τρόπιςacc. to Poll. 1.85 .
2. drinking-cup, Hedyl. ap. Ath. 11.486b .