Λέων

See also: λέων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέων (léōn, “lion”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lé.ɔːn/ → /ˈle.on/ → /ˈle.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lé.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈle.on/

Proper noun

Λέων • (Léōn) m (genitive Λέοντος); third declension

1. Leon, a Greek name meaning "lion"
2. Leo, the Latin adaptation of the Greek name

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Λέων; τοῦ Λέοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λέων ho Léōn
Genitive	τοῦ Λέοντος toû Léontos
Dative	τῷ Λέοντῐ tôi Léonti
Accusative	τὸν Λέοντᾰ tòn Léonta
Vocative	Λέον Léon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants of Λέων

• Albanian: Leoni
• Arabic: لاون
• Bulgarian: Лъв (Lǎv)
• Catalan: Lleó
• Czech: Lev
• Danish: Leo
• Dutch: Leo
• English: Leo, Leon
• Estonian: Leo
• Finnish: Leo
• French: Léon, Léo
• Galician: León
• German: Leo
• Greek: Λέων (Léon), Λέοντας (Léontas), Λιόντας (Lióntas)

• Hungarian: Leó
• Italian: Leone
• Japanese: レオ
• Korean: 레오 (re'o)
• Latin: Leo
• Old Armenian: Լեւոն (Lewon)
  • Armenian: Լեւոն (Lewon)
• Polish: Leon
• Portuguese: Leão
• Romanian: Leon
• Russian: Лев (Lev)
• Serbo-Croatian: Лав
• Slovak: Lev
• Slovene: Leon
• Spanish: León
• Swedish: Leo

References

• Λέων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

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Greek

Proper noun

Λέων • (Léon) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leo
2. (astronomy, astrology) Leo (constellation & sign of the zodiac)

Declension

  Λέων

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Λέων •
genitive	Λέοντος •
accusative	Λέοντα •
vocative	Λέων •

Further reading

• Λέων on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el