leontios
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεόντιος (leóntios).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /leˈon.ti.os/, [ɫ̪eˈɔn̪t̪iɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈon.t͡si.os/, [leˈɔnt̪͡s̪ios]
Noun[edit]
leontios m (genitive leontiī); second declension
- A precious stone of the color of a lion
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | leontios | leontiī |
Genitive | leontiī | leontiōrum |
Dative | leontiō | leontiīs |
Accusative | leontion | leontiōs |
Ablative | leontiō | leontiīs |
Vocative | leontie | leontiī |
References[edit]
- “leontios”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- leontios in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.