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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

  • σκύμνοσ λέοντοσ Ἰούδα. ἐκ βλαστοῦ, υἱέ μου, ἀνέβησ. ἀναπεσὼν ἐκοιμήθησ ὡσ λέων καὶ ὡσ σκύμνοσ. τίσ ἐγερεῖ αὐτόν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:9)
  • ἰδοὺ λαὸσ ὡσ σκύμνοσ ἀναστήσεται καὶ ὡσ λέων γαυρωθήσεται. οὐ κοιμηθήσεται, ἕωσ φάγῃ θήραν, καὶ αἷμα τραυματιῶν πίεται. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 23:24)
  • κατακλιθεὶσ ἀνεπαύσατο ὡσ λέων καὶ ὡσ σκύμνοσ. τίσ ἀναστήσει αὐτόν̣ οἱ εὐλογοῦντέσ σε εὐλόγηνται, καὶ οἱ καταρώμενοί σε κεκατήρανται. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 24:9)
  • καὶ τῷ Γὰδ εἶπεν. εὐλογημένοσ ἐμπλατύνων Γάδ. ὡσ λέων ἐνεπαύσατο, συντρίψασ βραχίονα καὶ ἄρχοντα. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 33:20)
  • καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸσ Σαούλ. ποιμαίνων ἦν ὁ δοῦλόσ σου τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ποιμνίῳ, καὶ ὅταν ἤρχετο ὁ λέων καὶ ἡ ἄρκοσ καὶ ἐλάμβανε πρόβατον ἐκ τῆσ ἀγέλησ, (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 17:14)

Synonyms

  1. lion

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