sapphic Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite a meter used by Sappho and named after her
adjective satellite of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman
lesbian.

L. Sapphicus, Gr. , fr. Sappho.

Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
(Pros.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, Sappho; -- said of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl.