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λεόντεος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεόντεος λεόντεα λεόντεον

Structure: λεοντε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of a lion

Examples

  • Αἰθίοπεσ δὲ παρδαλέασ τε καὶ λεοντέασ ἐναμμένοι, τόξα δὲ εἶχον ἐκ φοίνικοσ σπάθησ πεποιημένα, μακρά, τετραπηχέων οὐκ ἐλάσσω, ἐπὶ δὲ καλαμίνουσ ὀιστοὺσ μικρούσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 69 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. of a lion

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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