Sapphic

Sap·phic  (sfk)

adj.

1. Of or relating to the Greek poet Sappho.

2.

a. Of, relating to, or being an Aeolic verse of 11 syllables, consisting of a first part of 4 syllables, a central choriamb, and a final part of 3 syllables.

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 meter composed in imitation of Sapphic quantitative verse.

3. often sapphic Of or relating to lesbianism.

n.

A Sapphic meter, verse, stanza, or ode.

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Sapphic [ˈsæfɪk]

adj

1. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody denoting a metre associated with Sappho, the 6th century bc Greek lyric poetess of Lesbos, consisting generally of a trochaic pentameter line with a dactyl in the third foot

2. (Literature / Poetry) of or relating to Sappho or her poetry

3. lesbian

n

(Literature / Poetry) Prosody a verse, line, or stanza written in the Sapphic form

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	Sapphic - a meter used by Sappho and named after her rhythmic, 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 woman lesbian homosexual - sexually attracted to members of your own sex

Translations

sapphic [ˈsæfɪk] ADJ (= lesbian) → sáfico

Sapphic

adj → sapphisch