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Laestrȳgon (Lestr-), ŏnis, m., more freq. in plur.: Laestrȳgŏnes, um, m., = Λαιστρυγόνες,

  1. I. an ancient people of Italy, originally in Campania, in the region around Formiæ, and afterwards in Sicily, who are fabled to have been savages and cannibals, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; 7, 1, 2, § 9; Gell. 15, 21; Juv. 15, 18; Mart. Cap. 6, § 641.
    In sing., Ov. M. 14, 233.
    Of Laestrygonians in Sicily, Sil. 14, 125.
    Hence,
  2. II. Laestrȳgŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Læstrygonians, Læstrygonian.
    1. A. In Formiae: domus, i. e. Formiæ, Ov. Ib. 390; cf.: rupes, in Formiæ, Sil. 7, 276: amphora, i. e. Campanian, Hor. C. 3, 16, 34.
    2. B. In Sicily: campi, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89.

Lesbĭa, ae, f., the name of a woman, one of the dramatis personae in Ter. And.

Lesbos (-us), i (acc. Lesbum, Tac. A. 2, 54), f., = Λέσβος, a celebrated island in the Ægean Sea, off the coast of Troy and Mysia, the birthplace of Pittacus, Alcæus, Arion, Sappho, and Theophrastus, and famous for its wine; now Mityleni: sed quam capiam civitatem cogito … Lesbumne, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 62; Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Ov. M. 11, 55: nota, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 1.
Hence,

  1. A. Lesbĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: Lesbiaci libri, a work of Dicæarchus on the immortality of the soul (so called because the dialogues contained in it were held at Mitylene, in Lesbos), Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 77: metrum, i. e. the Sapphic metre (because Sappho was a native of Lesbos), Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm. 1.
  2. B. Lesbĭus, a, um, adj., = Λέσβιος, Lesbian: civis, i. e. Alcæus, Hor. C. 1, 32, 5: plectrum, i. e. Alcaic, id. ib. 1, 26, 11: pes, i. e. a lyric poem, id. ib. 4, 6, 35: Lesbia vates, i. e. Sappho, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 20: vinum, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73; Gell. 13, 5; Prop. 1, 14, 2; Hor. Epod. 9, 34: marmor, Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 44.
    Also absol.: Lesbĭum, i, n., Lesbian wine, Hor. C. 1, 17, 21: Lesbium genus vasis caelati a Lesbis inventum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.
  3. * C. Lesbōus, a, um, adj., Lesbian: nec Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton, the Lesbian lyre, i. e. lyric songs (like those of Alcæus and Sappho), Hor. C. 1, 1, 34.
  4. D. Lesbĭ-as, ădis, f., = Λεσβιάς, a Lesbian woman: Lesbiadum turba, Ov. H. 15, 16: Lesbias, a precious stone found in Lesbos, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 171 (al. Lesbia).
  5. E. Lesbis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Λεσβίς, Lesbian: Lesbida cum domino seu tulit ille lyram, i. e. of Arion the Lesbian poet, Ov. F. 2, 82: Lesbi puella, vale, id. H. 15, 100.
    Subst., a Lesbian woman: Lesbides, Ov. H. 15, 199.

Lesbus, i, v. Lesbos.

lessus, acc. um (only in acc. sing.), m., a wailing, cry, funeral lamentation: mulieres genas ne radunto, neve lessum funeris ergo habento, Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59; but a false reading for pausam, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 18.

Lestrȳgŏnes, v. Laestrygones.

Lĕsūra (Lĕsōra, Sid. Carm. 24, 44), ae, m.

  1. I. A mountain in Gaul that produced excellent cheese, now La Lozère, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.
  2. II. Lĕsŭra, a small river in Belgium, that runs into the Moselle, Aus. Mosell. 365.