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λεοντώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεοντώδης λεοντώδες

Structure: λεοντωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. lion-like

Examples

  • οὔτε γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ζῴοισ οὔτε ἐπὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν ὁρῶμεν τὴν ἀνδρείαν ἀκολουθοῦσαν τοῖσ ἀγριωτάτοισ, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον τοῖσ ἡμερωτέροισ καὶ λεοντώδεσιν ἤθεσιν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 8 38:2)

Synonyms

  1. lion-like

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

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