λεσβιάζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Λέσβος (Lésbos, Lesbos) + -άζω (-ázō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

λεσβιάζω (lesbiázō)

  1. (literally) to act like a person from the island of Lesbos
  2. (vulgar) to perform fellatio, since the women of Lesbos were said to have invented fellatio, according to a scholion on line 1346 of Aristophanes's Wasps

Inflection

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεσβῐάζω (lesbiázō), from Λέσβος (Lésbos, Lesbos) + -άζω (-ázō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lezviˈazo/
  • Hyphenation: λε‧σβι‧ά‧ζω

Verb

λεσβιάζω (lesviázo) (simple past λεσβίασα)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial, derogatory, vulgar) turn lesbian, become lesbian
    Η Τάνια πράγματι λεσβίασε;
    I Tánia prágmati lesvíase?
    Did Tanya really go gay?
Conjugation
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