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Σαπφώ

*sappho · ἡ

Sappho, of Sapphic measure

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What it meant — LSJ

Sappho, of Sapphic measure

Sappho, Alc. 55, etc.; Aeol. ψάπφω Sapph. 1.20, Sapph. 94.5 L.-P., BMus.Cat. Coins (Troas, etc.) p.200 (Mytil.); sts. Σάφφω, Head Hist.Num. 2p.560 (Eresus):—Adj. Σαπφῷος, α, ον, Posidipp. ap. Ath. 13.596d; or Σαπφικός, ή, όν, of Sapphic measure, Heph. 14.1.

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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