Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λεοντώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεοντώδης λεοντώδες

Structure: λεοντωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. lion-like

Examples

  • οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι τὴν ἀποστροφὴν τοῦ τραχήλου καὶ τῶν ὀμμάτων τὴν διάχυσιν καὶ ὑγρότητα μιμεῖσθαι θέλοντεσ οὐ διεφύλαττον αὐτοῦ τὸ ἀρρενωπὸν καὶ λεοντῶδεσ. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 2 13:1)
  • οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι τὴν ἀποστροφὴν τοῦ τραχήλου καὶ τῶν ὀμμάτων τὴν διάχυσιν καὶ ὑγρότητα μιμεῖσθαι θέλοντεσ οὐ διεφύλαττον αὐτοῦ τὸ ἀρρενωπὸν καὶ λεοντῶδεσ. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 2 4:4)
  • ὀλίγοι δ’ ἦσαν οἱ τὸ δυσκίνητον ὑπὸ βάθουσ καὶ τὸ μεγαλόψυχον καὶ λεοντῶδεσ ἐν τῇ φύσει καθορῶντεσ αὐτοῦ. (Plutarch, Fabius Maximus, chapter 1 3:4)
  • 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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