λεοντοπέταλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέων (léōn, “lion”, stem: λεοντ-, leont-) +‎ πέτᾰλον (pétalon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.on.to.pé.ta.lon/ → /le.on.toˈpe.ta.lon/ → /le.on.doˈpe.ta.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.on.to.pé.ta.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le.on.toˈpe.ta.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /le.on.toˈpe.ta.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /le.on.toˈpe.ta.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /le.on.doˈpe.ta.lon/

Noun

λεοντοπέτᾰλον • (leontopétalon) n (genitive λεοντοπετᾰ́λου); second declension

1. lion’s leaf, Leontice leontopetalum
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Declension

Second declension of τὸ λεοντοπέτᾰλον; τοῦ λεοντοπετᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λεοντοπέτᾰλον tò leontopétalon	τὼ λεοντοπετᾰ́λω tṑ leontopetálō	τᾰ̀ λεοντοπέτᾰλᾰ tà leontopétala
Genitive	τοῦ λεοντοπετᾰ́λου toû leontopetálou	τοῖν λεοντοπετᾰ́λοιν toîn leontopetáloin	τῶν λεοντοπετᾰ́λων tôn leontopetálōn
Dative	τῷ λεοντοπετᾰ́λῳ tôi leontopetálōi	τοῖν λεοντοπετᾰ́λοιν toîn leontopetáloin	τοῖς λεοντοπετᾰ́λοις toîs leontopetálois
Accusative	τὸ λεοντοπέτᾰλον tò leontopétalon	τὼ λεοντοπετᾰ́λω tṑ leontopetálō	τᾰ̀ λεοντοπέτᾰλᾰ tà leontopétala
Vocative	λεοντοπέτᾰλον leontopétalon	λεοντοπετᾰ́λω leontopetálō	λεοντοπέτᾰλᾰ leontopétala
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (lion’s leaf): δῆμος (dêmos), κατᾰνάγκη (katanánkē), κῆμος (kêmos), λεοντοπόδῐον (leontopódion)

Descendants

• Latin: leontopetalon

Further reading

• “λεοντοπέτᾰλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λεοντοπέταλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette