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Sapphic
Sap·phic S0084500 (săf′ĭk)adj.1. Of or relating to the Greek poet Sappho.2. a. Of, relating to, or being a verse characteristic of Sappho, containing 11 syllables and consisting of a trochee, a spondee or trochee, a dactyl, a trochee, and a spondee or trochee.b. Relating to or being a stanza of three such verses followed by a verse consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.c. Relating to or being an ode made up of such stanzas.d. Of, relating to, or being a verse, stanza, or poem in accentual-syllabic meter composed in imitation of Sapphic quantitative verse.n. A Sapphic meter, verse, stanza, or ode.
sap·phic S0084500 (săf′ĭk)adj. Of or relating to lesbianism.
[After Sappho, known for her homoerotic poetry.]
sap′phism (săf′ĭz′əm) adj.sap′phist n. & adj.Sapphic (ˈsæfɪk) adj1. (Poetry) prosody denoting a metre associated with Sappho, consisting generally of a trochaic pentameter line with a dactyl in the third foot2. (Poetry) of or relating to Sappho or her poetry3. lesbiann (Poetry) prosody a verse, line, or stanza written in the Sapphic formSap•phic (ˈsæf ɪk)
adj. 1. pertaining to Sappho or to certain meters or a form of strophe or stanza used by or named after her. 2. Lesbian (def. 3). n. 3. a Sapphic verse. [1495–1505; < Latin sapphicus < Greek sapphikós=Sapph(ṓ) Sappho + -ikos -ic] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | Sapphic - a meter used by Sappho and named after herrhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose" | | 2. | sapphic - of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between womanlesbianhomosexual - sexually attracted to members of your own sex |
TranslationsSapphic
Sapphic Pertaining to female homosexuality. From the Greek female poet Sappho who lived on the island of Lesbos.Sapphic
Words related to Sapphicadj a meter used by Sappho and named after herRelated Wordsadj of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between womanSynonymsRelated Words |