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3. Lĕo, ōnis, m.; only plur.: Lĕōnes, um, the priests of the Persian god Mithras: Leones Mithrae, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13.

Lĕon, ontis, m., = Λέων.

  1. I. The name of a town near Syracuse, now Magnisi; acc. Leonta, Liv. 24, 39, 13.
  2. II. A ruler of Phlius, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 8.
  3. III. A celebrated painter, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 141.

Lĕōnĭdas (nom. Lĕōnĭda, Just. 2, 11, 2), ae, m., = Λεωνίδας.

  1. I. A king of Sparta, who fell at Thermopylæ, Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; 2, 19, 62; id. Tusc. 1, 42, 101; 1, 49, 116; Nep. Them. 3.
  2. II. The name of a slave, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 43 al.; v. also Leonides.

Lĕōnĭdes, ae, m.

  1. I. An instructor of Alexander the Great, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 62; Quint. 1, 1, 9.
  2. II. A teacher of the younger Cicero at Athens, Cic. Att. 14, 16, 3; 15, 16, A; id. Fam. 16, 21, 5.

1. lĕōnīnus, a, um, adj. [2. leo], of or belonging to a lion, a lion’s.

  1. I. Lit.: concede audacter ab leonino cavo, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 47: species, a lion-like appearance, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3: pellis, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 142: jubae, id. ib.: adeps, id. 24, 17, 102, § 165.
  2. * II. Trop.: leonina societas, a lion’s partnership, i. e. in which one party gets all the profit and the other all the loss: Aristo refert: Cassium respondisse, societatem talem coiri non posse, ut alter lucrum tantum, alter damnum sentiret, et hanc societatem leoninam solitum appellare, Dig. 17, 2, 29, § 2.

2. Lĕōnīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the emperor Leo, Leonine: lex, Cod. Just. 1, 3, 50.

Leonnātus, i, m., one of Alexander’s generals, Nep. Eum. 2; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 97.

Lĕontĕus, ĕi, m., the name of a warrior, Stat. Th. 9, 133.

lĕontĭcē, ēs, f., = λεοντική, a plant, called also cacalia, Plin. 25, 11, 85, § 135; v. cacalia.‡ † lĕontĭcus, a, um, adj., = λεοντικός, of or belonging to a lion: SACRA, the offerings made to Mithras, who was represented under the form of a lion (cf. Arn. 6, 196; cf. also 3. Leo), Inscr. Orell. 2345; 2343.

1. Lĕontīni, ōrum, m., = Λεοντῖνοι,

  1. I. a very ancient town on the eastern side of Sicily, now Lentini, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; Liv. 24, 7, 2.
    Hence,
  2. II. Lĕontīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leontini, Leontine: ager, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104; id. Phil. 2, 17, 43; id. Div. 1, 33, 73: campus, id. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47; id. Phil. 8, 8, 26; Sil. 14, 126.
    Plur. subst.: Lĕontīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Leontini, Leontines, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109.

lĕontĭos, ĭi, m., = λεόντιος, a precious stone of the color of a lion, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 190.

Lĕontĭum, i, f., = Λεόντιον, an Athenian hetæra, a friend of Epicurus, Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93.

lĕontŏcăron, i, n., = λεοντόκαρον, a plant, otherwise unknown, App. Herb. 57.

lĕontŏpĕtălon, i, n., = λεοντοπέταλον, a plant, lion’s-leaf: Leontice leontopetalum, Linn.; Plin. 27, 11, 72, § 96.

lĕontŏphŏnos, i, m., = λεοντοφόνος (lion-killer), a small animal whose urine was said to be fatal to lions, Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136.

lĕontŏpŏdĭon, ĭi, n., = λεοντοπόδιον, i. q. leontopetalon, a plant, lion’s-foot, Plin. 26, 8, 34, § 52; App. Herb. 7.