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Definition of Sapphic
1. Adjective. A meter used by Sappho and named after her.
2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman.
Definition of Sapphic
1. a. Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
2. n. A Sapphic verse.
Definition of Sapphic
1. Adjective. Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry. ¹
2. Adjective. Relating to lesbianism; lesbian (also sapphic) ¹
3. Adjective. Relating to lesbianism; lesbian. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sapphic
1. a type of verse form [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapphic
Literary usage of Sapphic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Classical Journal (1817)
"In particular, I believe that a hiatus is only admissible in the dactylic feet
of the sapphic verse, and not in the trochaic. The remains of the sapphic ..."
2. Exercises in Latin Versification by Leo Thomas Butler (1917)
"sapphic and Adonic Verse The student who has faithfully worked out the exercises
in hexameter and elegiac verses will have no difficulty in advancing to the ..."
3. Latin Prosody Made Easy. by John Carey (1808)
"To add to our surprise, we have not from his pen a single' sapphic line, .though he
evidently displays an ambition to prove that he could compose in every ..."
4. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"... sapphic. The name given to a species of verse; from Sappho, the famous Greek
poetess, liy whom it was said to be invented. ..."
5. The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783 by Moses Coit Tyler (1897)
"... McClurg, Howell, Oliver Arnold, Humphreys, Barlow, Dwight—The latter's "
Columbia," 1777. V.—Nathaniel Niles, and " The American Hero, a sapphic Ode ..."
6. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"One of the longest is on the Sunday School, and amongst the most spirited, A
sapphic for Thanksgiving. We cite the opening stanzas— When the old Fathers of ..."
7. The Classical Journal (1817)
"In particular, I believe that a hiatus is only admissible in the dactylic feet
of the sapphic verse, and not in the trochaic. The remains of the sapphic ..."
8. Exercises in Latin Versification by Leo Thomas Butler (1917)
"sapphic and Adonic Verse The student who has faithfully worked out the exercises
in hexameter and elegiac verses will have no difficulty in advancing to the ..."
9. Latin Prosody Made Easy. by John Carey (1808)
"To add to our surprise, we have not from his pen a single' sapphic line, .though he
evidently displays an ambition to prove that he could compose in every ..."
10. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"... sapphic. The name given to a species of verse; from Sappho, the famous Greek
poetess, liy whom it was said to be invented. ..."
11. The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783 by Moses Coit Tyler (1897)
"... McClurg, Howell, Oliver Arnold, Humphreys, Barlow, Dwight—The latter's "
Columbia," 1777. V.—Nathaniel Niles, and " The American Hero, a sapphic Ode ..."
12. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"One of the longest is on the Sunday School, and amongst the most spirited, A
sapphic for Thanksgiving. We cite the opening stanzas— When the old Fathers of ..."
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