adj.
- 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.
A Sapphic meter, verse, stanza, or ode.
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