Leontini

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λεοντῖνοι (Leontînoi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /le.onˈtiː.niː/, [ɫ̪eɔn̪ˈt̪iːniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /le.onˈti.ni/, [leon̪ˈt̪iːni]

Proper noun

Leontīnī m pl (genitive Leontīnōrum); second declension

1. A city in Sicily situated between Catana and Syracusae, birthplace of Gorgias, now Lentini

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Leontīnī
Genitive	Leontīnōrum
Dative	Leontīnīs
Accusative	Leontīnōs
Ablative	Leontīnīs
Vocative	Leontīnī
Locative	Leontīnīs

Derived terms

• Leontīnus

Descendants

• Old Sicilian: Liuntini
  • Sicilian: Lintini
    • Italian: Lentini

References

• “Leontini”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Leontini in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.