sappho

1. 1.

   the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC)

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plural

sapphoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

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What does sappho mean?

sappho means "the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC)".