sappho
IPA: sˈæfoʊ
Root Word: Sappho
noun
- 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.
- (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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Examples of "sappho" in Sentences
- Sappho is a former logging area.
- Alexandrian edition of Sappho's poetry.
- And a fair few followers of Sappho too.
- See the entry for sappho in the glossary.
- Now for the point about Sappho as teacher.
- He referred to her as the Sappho of the countryside.
- There is no Sappho text material there to reference to.
- Yeah, the similarity of sapphire and sappho is interesting...
- Balbilla was inspired and influenced by the lyric poetry of Sappho.
- I think the specific Sappho detail would be better merged into Sappho.
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