Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.from Lesbos, Il.9.664; Λεσβ-όθι , at Lesbos, EM25.15:—Adj. Λέσβιος , α, ον, Sapph.92, Hdt.1.23, etc.: prov., μετὰ Λέσβιον ᾠδόν, of those who are judged second best, Cratin.243; Λέσβιον κῦμα or κυμάτιον, v. κῦμα 1.3, A.Fr.78, Vitr.4.6.2; so τὸ Λέσβιον (without κ.) PCair.Zen. 445.11 (iii B.C.); “Λεσβία οἰκοδομία” Arist.EN1137b30; “Λ. πώματος οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλος οἶνος ἡδίων πιεῖν” Alex.274, cf. Philyll.24; ἡδίων ὁ Λ. (sc. οἶνος), with a play on words, indicating a preference for Theophrastus (of Lesbos) over Eudemus (of Rhodes), Arist. ap. Gell.13.5.

II. Λέσβιον, τό,

1. part of a ship, ἡ δευτέρα τρόπις acc. to Poll.1.85.

2. drinking-cup, Hedyl. ap. Ath.11.486b.