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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

  • ἐν λέουσιν ἔπαιξεν ὡσ ἐν ἐρίφοισ καὶ ἐν ἄρκοισ ὡσ ἐν ἄρνασι προβάτων. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 47:3)
  • λέων ἥρπασε τὰ ἱκανὰ τοῖσ σκύμνοισ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέπνιξε τοῖσ λέουσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔπλησε θήρασ νοσσιὰν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ κατοικητήριον αὐτοῦ ἁρπαγῆσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Nahum 2:13)
  • οἳ δ’ αὐχένασ ἐξεριπόντεσ κείατο τεθνηῶτεσ ὑπὸ βλοσυροῖσι λέουσιν. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 16:7)
  • Θάρρει, μῆτερ, ἐπεὶ καὶ τοῖσ λέουσιν αὐτοῖσ ἤδη ξυνήθησ εἰμί, καὶ πολλάκισ ἐπαναβὰσ ἐπὶ τὰ νῶτα καὶ τῆσ κόμησ λαβόμενοσ ἡνιοχῶ αὐτούσ, οἱ δὲ σαίνουσί με καὶ τὴν χεῖρα δεχόμενοι ἐσ τὸ στόμα περιλιχμησάμενοι ἀποδιδόασί μοι. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 4:1)
  • Διὰ ταύτην τὴν συγγένειαν οἱ μὲν ἀποκλίναντεσ λύκοισ ὅμοιοι γινόμεθα, ἄπιστοι καὶ ἐπίβουλοι καὶ βλαβεροί, οἱ δὲ λέουσιν, ἄγριοι καὶ θηριώδεισ καὶ ἀνήμεροι, οἱ πλείουσ δ’ ἡμῶν ἀλώπεκεσ καὶ ὡσ ἐν ζῴοισ ἀτυχήματα. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. lion

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