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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λέων λέοντε λέοντες
Genitive λέοντος λεόντοιν λεόντων
Dative λέοντι λεόντοιν λέουσιν*
Accusative λέοντα λέοντε λέοντας
Vocative λέον λέοντε λέοντες

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

  • καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ συγκλείσματα αὐτῶν ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ἐξεχομένων λέοντεσ καὶ βόεσ καὶ Χερουβίμ, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐξεχομένων οὕτωσ. καὶ ἐπάνωθεν καὶ ὑποκάτωθεν τῶν λεόντων καὶ τῶν βοῶν χῶραι, ἔργον καταβάσεως (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 7:16)
  • καὶ τὰ συγκλείσματα αὐτῆσ Χερουβὶμ καὶ λέοντεσ καὶ φοίνικεσ ἑστῶτα, ἐχόμενον ἕκαστον κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἔσω καὶ τὰ κυκλόθεν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 7:22)
  • ἓξ ἀναβαθμοὶ ἐν θρόνῳ καὶ προτομαὶ μόσχων τῷ θρόνῳ ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ καὶ χεῖρεσ ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου τῆσ καθέδρασ, καὶ δύο λέοντεσ ἑστηκότεσ παρὰ τὰσ χεῖρασ, (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 10:17)
  • καὶ δώδεκα λέοντεσ ἑστῶτεσ ἐκεῖ ἐπὶ τῶν ἓξ ἀναβαθμῶν ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν. οὐ γέγονεν οὕτωσ πάσῃ βασιλείᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 10:18)
  • καὶ ἓξ ἀναβαθμοὶ τῷ θρόνῳ ἐνδεδεμένοι χρυσίῳ καὶ ἀγκῶνεσ ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου τῆσ καθέδρασ, καὶ δύο λέοντεσ ἑστηκότεσ παρὰ τοὺσ ἀγκῶνασ, (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 9:16)

Synonyms

  1. lion

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