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λέων, λέων, lion

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λεόντεσσιν masculine dative plural of λέων

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λέων, οντος, ὁ, Ep. dat. pl. λείουσι Il. 5.782, etc., λεόντεσσι IG 12(2).285 (Mytil., prob.):—
  • lion, ὠμοφάγοι λ. Il. l.c.; αἴθων 18.161; χαροποί Od. 11.611; ὀρεσίτροφος 6.130, cf. Hdt. 7.126; cf. λίς: metaph., of Artemis, σὲ λέοντα γυναιξὶ Ζεὺς θῆκεν Zeus made thee a lion toward women (because she was supposed to cause their sudden death), Il. 21.483; used of savage persons, A. Ch. 938 (lyr.); but also, of brave men, Id. Ag. 1259, E. Or. 1401 (lyr.), 1555; of a baby, Ar. Th. 514 (but by way of contrast, of a coward, λέοντʼ ἄναλκιν, of Aegisthus, A. Ag. 1224); οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες, ἐν μάχῃ δʼ ἀλώπεκες Ar. Pax 1189 (lyr.); ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαι Pl. R. 590b; ξυρεῖν ἐπιχειρεῖν λέοντα, of a dangerous undertaking, ‘to bell the cat’, ib. 341c.
      • 2 Leo, the sign in the Zodiac, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.8, Euc. Phaen. p.12 M., Arat. 148, IG 14.1307.
      • 3 = λεοντῆ, lionʼs skin, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 10.
      • 4 as an ornament, BGU 387ii5 (ii A.D.).
    • II a kind of crab, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.106c, Ael. NA 14.9.
    • III a kind of serpent, Nic. Th. 463, f.l. in Artem. 2.13.
    • IV = λεοντίασις, Aret. SD 2.13.
    • V a kind of dance, Ath. 14.629f, Poll. 4.104.
    • VI title of grade of initiates in the mysteries of Mithras, Porph. Abst. 4.16.
    • VII a sea-monster, Ael. NA 9.49, Opp. H. 1.367, Nonn. D. 1.273.
    • VIII = ὀροβάγχη, Dsc. 2.142, Gp. 2.42 tit.

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