what is sapphic?

Answer 1

Sap·phic (sfk)
adj.
1. Of or relating to the Greek poet Sappho.
2.
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.
3. often sapphic Of or relating to lesbianism.
n.
A Sapphic meter, verse, stanza, or ode.

Answer 2

Sappho
circa 630 B.C.
One of the great Greek lyrists and few known female poets of the ancient world, Sappho was born some time between 630 and 612 BC. She was an aristocrat who married a prosperous merchant, and she had a daughter named Cleis. Her wealth afforded her with the opportunity to live her life as she chose, and she chose to spend it studying the arts on the isle of Lesbos.

The term sapphic is derived from the poet Sappho who lived on the island of Lesbos.

It is often applied as an implication of lesbianism... i.e. The Sapphic work of director Sally Potter...

Of or relating to the Greek poet Sappho.

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.
Relating to or being a stanza of three such verses followed by a verse consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
Relating to or being an ode made up of such stanzas.
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.

n.
A Sapphic meter, verse, stanza, or ode.



Main Entry: sap·phic
Pronunciation: 'saf-ik
Function: adjective or noun
: LESBIAN
Sap·pho /'saf-(")O/ (fl ca 610 BC–ca 580 BC), Greek lyric poet. Sappho was the leading spirit of a coterie of female poets on the Aegean isle of Lesbos. Because of the homosexual themes in her poetry, she herself has traditionally been regarded as homosexual.


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sapphic

adj 1: a meter used by Sappho and named after her 2: of female homosexuality [syn: lesbian]

Answer 3

To be sapphicly inclined is to be a lesbian. The term "Sapphic" is basically in reference to the Ancient greek poet Sappho who was ironically, born in the island of Lesbos. She apparently had a school for women poets and wrote quite a few poems about one of her students.

Answer 4

Sapphic is another way of saying lesbian. It generally refers more to directly sexual practices, however. The word refers to a minor Greek goddess, Sappho, who was said to be a patron saint/spirit of the women of Lesbos, that mythological isle of women....

Edit: Whoops! Forgot there was a real-life poetess backing up the legend, sorry, my bad...this is what I get for being off the cuff. Sorry.

Answer 5

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what is sapphic?

Answer 6

Related to Sappho, the 7th century BC poetess (notably, the Sapphic stanza)
Related to female homosexuality, see Lesbian

Answer 7

It describes an act as being woman on woman. for example sapphic pornography is lesbian porn.

Answer 8

Main Entry: sap·phic
Pronunciation: 'saf-ik
Function: adjective or noun
: LESBIAN
Sap·pho /'saf-(")O/ (fl ca 610 BC–ca 580 BC), Greek lyric poet. Sappho was the leading spirit of a coterie of female poets on the Aegean isle of Lesbos. Because of the homosexual themes in her poetry, she herself has traditionally been regarded as homosexual.

Answer 9

Sapphic (SEXUALITY)
adjective
relating to lesbians ( women who are sexually attracted to other women)

Answer 10

lesbian,relating to Greek poet Sappho or her poetry,written in 11 syllable lines,with stanzas of 3 such lines and a shorter fourth line.