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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 ὡμοιώθη λέοντι ἐν τοῖσ ἔργοισ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὡσ σκύμνοσ ἐρευγόμενοσ εἰσ θήραν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 3:4)
  • συνοικῆσαι λέοντι καὶ δράκοντι εὐδοκήσω ἢ ἐνοικῆσαι μετὰ γυναικὸσ πονηρᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 25:16)
  • ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ παρεδόθην ἕωσ πρωί̈ ὡσ λέοντι. οὕτωσ συνέτριψε πάντα τὰ ὀστᾶ μου, ἀπὸ γὰρ τῆσ ἡμέρα ἕωσ τῆσ νυκτὸσ παρεδόθην. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 38:13)
  • υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου λαβὲ θρῆνον ἐπὶ Φαραὼ βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐρεῖσ αὐτῷ. λέοντι ἐθνῶν ὡμοιώθησ καὶ σὺ ὡσ δράκων ὁ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ καὶ ἐκεράτιζεσ τοῖσ ποταμοῖσ σου καὶ ἐτάρασσεσ ὕδωρ τοῖσ ποσί σου καὶ κατεπάτεισ τοὺσ ποταμούσ σου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 32:2)
  • τότε καὶ Ἀγαθοκλῆσ ὁ Σάμιοσ ταξιαρχῶν παρ’ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ καὶ τιμώμενοσ παρ’ αὐτοῦ μικροῦ δεῖν συγκαθείρχθη λέοντι διαβληθεὶσ ὅτι δακρύσειε παριὼν τὸν Ἡφαιστίωνοσ τάφον. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 18:1)

Synonyms

  1. lion

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