Sappho Hear it!

Sappho Definition

Sap·pho (saf′ō)

fl. early 6th cent. ; Gr. lyric poet of Lesbos

Sappho Quotes

Belove'  d, what are names but air? Choose thou whatever suits the line; Call me Sappho, call me Chloris, Call me Lalage or Doris, Only, only call meThine.

—Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Dark Sappho! could not verse immortal save That beast imbued with such immortal fire? Could she not live who life eternal gave?

—Rochdale

Browse dictionary entries near Sappho

  1. ‹ Sapphism
  2. ‹ sapphirine
  3. ‹ sapphire
  4. ‹ Sapphira
  5. ‹ Sapphic
  6. ‹ sapper
  7. ‹ sappanwood
  8. ‹ sapote
  9. ‹ sapota
  10. ‹ sapor
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