Associations to the word «Sappho»

Wiktionary

SAPPHO, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae   — the red-tailed comet.
SAPPHO, proper noun. An Ancient Greek female name, particularly borne by a poetess from Lesbos who lived between 630 and 570 BC (exact dates unknown).
SAPPHO, proper noun. (astronomy) Short for 80 Sappho, a main belt asteroid.

Dictionary definition

SAPPHO, noun. The Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King