Meanings
proper noun
- rarefeministSappho.
Many of Sappha's poems have been lost because the church ordered them burned, along with Joan of Arc and other witches.
1976, Xenia S. Williams, “The Power of History...or History Is Written by the Powerful”, in Dave Peterson, Jonathan Cross, Lyn Rosen, editors, A Gay Person's Guide to New England, 2nd edition
Origin
Altered to contain the Romance feminine -a rather than the Romance masculine -o.
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APA
Sappha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sappha
MLA
“Sappha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sappha. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sappha,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sappha.
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