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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

  • σκύμνοσ λέοντοσ Ἰούδα. ἐκ βλαστοῦ, υἱέ μου, ἀνέβησ. ἀναπεσὼν ἐκοιμήθησ ὡσ λέων καὶ ὡσ σκύμνοσ. τίσ ἐγερεῖ αὐτόν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:9)
  • καὶ τῷ Δὰν εἶπε. Δὰν σκύμνοσ λέοντοσ καὶ ἐκπηδήσεται ἐκ τοῦ Βασάν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 33:22)
  • καὶ κατέβη Σαμψὼν καὶ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ εἰσ Θαμναθά. καὶ ἦλθεν ἕωσ τοῦ ἀμπελῶνοσ Θαμναθά, καὶ ἰδοὺ σκύμνοσ λέοντοσ ὠρυόμενοσ εἰσ συνάντησιν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 14:5)
  • καὶ ὑπέστρεψε μεθ̓ ἡμέρασ λαβεῖν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐξέκλινεν ἰδεῖν τὸ πτῶμα τοῦ λέοντοσ, καὶ ἰδοὺ συναγωγὴ μελισσῶν ἐν τῷ στόματι τοῦ λέοντοσ καὶ μέλι. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 14:8)

Synonyms

  1. lion

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