Sapphic
adjective
- of Sappho
- designating or of certain meters or a form of stanza or strophe used by or named after Sappho, esp. a stanza of three lines, of five or six stresses each, followed by a short line
- lesbian ()
See Sapphic in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(săfˈĭk)
adjective- Of or relating to the Greek poet Sappho.
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.
- often sapphic Of or relating to lesbianism.
noun A Sapphic meter, verse, stanza, or ode.
