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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

  • ὡσ ᾤετο, λέοντοσ εἶχεν εἰκόνα, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων μάντεων ὑφορωμένων τὴν ὄψιν, ὡσ ἀκριβεστέρασ φυλακῆσ δεομένων τῷ Φιλίππῳ τῶν περὶ τὸν γάμον, Ἀρίστανδροσ ὁ Τελμησσεὺσ κύειν ἔφη τὴν ἄνθρωπον, οὐθὲν γὰρ ἀποσφραγίζεσθαι τῶν κενῶν, καὶ κύειν παῖδα θυμοειδῆ καὶ λεοντώδη τὴν φύσιν. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 2 3:1)

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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