θυμολέων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of θῡμός (thūmós, “soul”) +‎ λέων (léōn, “lion”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰyː.mo.lé.ɔːn/ → /θy.moˈle.on/ → /θi.moˈle.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰyː.mo.lé.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰy.moˈle.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θy.moˈle.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θy.moˈle.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.moˈle.on/

Adjective

θῡμολέων • (thūmoléōn) (masculine only, genitive θῡμολέοντος)

1. (chiefly Epic) lion-hearted

Declension

Third declension of θῡμολέων; θῡμολέοντος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	θῡμολέων thūmoléōn
Genitive	θῡμολέοντος thūmoléontos
Dative	θῡμολέοντῐ thūmoléonti
Accusative	θῡμολέοντᾰ thūmoléonta
Vocative	θῡμολέον thūmoléon
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “θυμολέων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θυμολέων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θυμολέων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θυμολέων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press