Σαπφώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Σαπφῴ (Sapphōí), Σάφφω (Sáphphō), Σαφφώ (Saphphṓ)
  • Ψάπφω (Psápphō)Aeolic

Etymology

  • According to Beekes, maybe from Pre-Greek due to the presence of the cluster -πφ-.

    Pronunciation

     

    Proper noun

    Σαπφώ • (Sapphṓf (genitive Σαπφοῦς); third declension

    1. Sappho

    Declension

    Derived terms

    • Σαπφῐκός (Sapphĭkós)
    • Σαπφῷος (Sapphōîos)

    Descendants

    • Arabic: صَافُو (ṣāfū)
    • Asturian: Safo
    • Basque: Safo
    • Breton: Sapfo
    • Bulgarian: Сафо (Safo)
    • Catalan: Safo
    • Czech: Sapfó
    • Danish: Sapfo
    • Dutch: Sappho
    • English: Sappho
    • Estonian: Sappho
    • Finnish: Sapfo
    • French: Sappho
    • Galician: Safo
    • German: Sappho
    • Low German: Sappho
    • Greek: Σαπφώ (Sapfó)
    • Hebrew: סאפפו
    • Hungarian: Szapphó
    • Icelandic: Saffó
    • Italian: Saffo
    • Chinese: 萨孚
    • Japanese: サッポー (Sappō)
    • Latin: Sappho
    • Latvian: Sapfo
    • Lithuanian: Sapfo
    • Mongolian: Сапфо (Sapfo)
    • Norwegian: Sapfo
    • Piedmontese: Safo
    • Polish: Safona
    • Portuguese: Safo
    • Romanian: Sappho
    • Russian: Сапфо (Sapfo)
    • Scottish Gaelic: Sappho
    • Serbo-Croatian: Сапфа/Sapfa, Sappho
    • Slovak: Sapfó
    • Slovene: Sapfo
    • Spanish: Safo
    • Swedish: Sapfo
    • Turkish: Sapfo
    • Ukrainian: Сапфо (Sapfo)
    • Vietnamese: Sappho

    References