Sapphic

Etymology
, whence Latin . Sense related to sexuality alludes to Sappho's poetry discussing love between women (see also ).

Adjective

 * 1) Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry.
 * 2)  Of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five metrical feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl.
 * : relating to sexual or romantic intimacy between women.

Translations

 * Finnish: sapfolainen
 * French:
 * Hungarian: szapphói
 * Irish: Safach
 * Spanish: sáfico, lesbio

Noun

 * 1)  A Sapphic verse.
 * 2) A person who is sapphic.
 * 3) * 2019 Summer, Gretal M. (19), review of Her Royal Highness, by Rachel Hawkins in The Chuckanut Reader, page 71:
 * Are you a fan of hate-to-love? Roommates? Royalty romances? Geology puns? Sapphics? Her Royal Highness has all of this and more. After Millie discovers her best friend turned maybe girlfriend kissing someone else, she decides to flee
 * 1) A person who is sapphic.
 * 2) * 2019 Summer, Gretal M. (19), review of Her Royal Highness, by Rachel Hawkins in The Chuckanut Reader, page 71:
 * Are you a fan of hate-to-love? Roommates? Royalty romances? Geology puns? Sapphics? Her Royal Highness has all of this and more. After Millie discovers her best friend turned maybe girlfriend kissing someone else, she decides to flee
 * 1) * 2019 Summer, Gretal M. (19), review of Her Royal Highness, by Rachel Hawkins in The Chuckanut Reader, page 71:
 * Are you a fan of hate-to-love? Roommates? Royalty romances? Geology puns? Sapphics? Her Royal Highness has all of this and more. After Millie discovers her best friend turned maybe girlfriend kissing someone else, she decides to flee

Synonyms

 * see also Thesaurus:gay woman