sapphic的词源

英文词源

Sapphic (adj.)

c. 1500, "of or pertaining to Sappho," from French saphique, from Latin Sapphicus, from Greek Sapphikos "of Sappho," in reference to Sappho, poetess of the isle of Lesbos c. 600 B.C.E. Especially in reference to her characteristic meter; sense of "pertaining to sexual relations between women" is from 1890s (compare lesbian).

中文词源

sapphic：女同性恋的

来自拉丁语 Sapphicus,萨福的，来自 Sappho,萨福，古希腊伟大的女诗人，在 Lesbos 岛招收 女弟子开课讲学，在其作品中描述了其与女弟子之间的爱情故事和性生活。后借用该词指女 同性恋。参照 lesbian.

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