sáfico

Borrowed from Latin sapphicus, from Ancient Greek Σαπφικός (Sapphikós), from Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ). By surface analysis, Safo +‎ -ico.

• Rhymes: -afiku

sáfico (feminine sáfica, masculine plural sáficos, feminine plural sáficas)

1. Sapphic (relating to the Greek poetess Sappho or her poetry)
2. sapphic, lesbian (related to lesbianism)

   Synonyms: lésbico, (Brazil, slang) sapatônico

• “sáfico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Borrowed from Latin sapphicus, from Ancient Greek Σαπφικός (Sapphikós), from Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ). By surface analysis, Safo +‎ -ico.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsafiko/ [ˈsa.fi.ko]
• Rhymes: -afiko
• Syllabification: sá‧fi‧co

sáfico (feminine sáfica, masculine plural sáficos, feminine plural sáficas)

1. Sapphic (relating to the Greek poetess Sappho or her poetry)

• “sáfico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28