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λέων

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λέων λέοντος

Structure: λεοντ (Stem)

Sense

  1. lion
  2. One having the characteristics of a lion (positive or negative): savage, noble, brave.

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Σαοὺλ καὶ Ἰωνάθαν, οἱ ἠγαπημένοι καὶ ὡραῖοι, οὐ διακεχωρισμένοι, εὐπρεπεῖσ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτῶν οὐ διεχωρίσθησαν. ὑπὲρ ἀετοὺσ κοῦφοι καὶ ὑπὲρ λέοντασ ἐκραταιώθησαν. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 1:23)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆσ καθέδρασ αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐφοβήθησαν τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἀπέστειλε Κύριοσ ἐν αὐτοῖσ τοὺσ λέοντασ, καὶ ἦσαν ἀποκτέννοντεσ ἐν αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 17:25)
  • καὶ εἶπαν τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἀσσυρίων λέγοντεσ. τὰ ἔθνη, ἃ ἀπῴκισασ καὶ ἀντεκάθισασ ἐν πόλεσι Σαμαρείασ, οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τὸ κρίμα τοῦ Θεοῦ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν εἰσ αὐτοὺσ τοὺσ λέοντασ, καὶ ἰδού εἰσι θανατοῦντεσ αὐτούσ, καθότι οὐκ οἴδασι τὸ κρίμα τοῦ Θεοῦ τῆσ γῆσ, (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 17:26)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἠπόρει ἡ παντοδύναμόσ σου χεὶρ καὶ κτίσασα τὸν κόσμον ἐξ ἀμόρφου ὕλησ ἐπιπέμψαι αὐτοῖσ πλῆθοσ ἄρκων ἢ θρασεῖσ λέοντασ (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 11:17)
  • καὶ Δανιὴλ ὁ δίκαιοσ εἰσ λέοντασ ἐβλήθη, καὶ Ἀνανίασ καὶ Ἀζαρίασ καὶ Μισαὴλ εἰσ κάμινον πυρὸσ ἀπεσφενδονήθησαν καὶ ὑπέμειναν διὰ τὸν Θεόν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 16:21)
  • ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπὶ σέ, λέγει Κύριοσ παντοκράτωρ, καὶ ἐκκαύσω ἐν καπνῷ πλῆθόσ σου, καὶ τοὺσ λέοντάσ σου καταφάγεται ρομφαία, καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσω ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ τὴν θήραν σου, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀκουσθῇ οὐκέτι τὰ ἔργα σου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Nahum 2:14)

Synonyms

  1. lion

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