"λέων" meaning in Ancient Greek

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "thūmoléōn",
      "word": "θῡμολέων"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Léandros",
      "word": "Λέανδρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "leontárion",
      "word": "λεοντάριον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "leontopétălon",
      "word": "λεοντοπέτᾰλον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "leópardos",
      "word": "λεόπαρδος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Léōn",
      "word": "Λέων"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Leōnĭ́dās",
      "word": "Λεωνῐ́δᾱς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Tīmoléōn",
      "word": "Τῑμολέων"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khămailéōn",
      "word": "χᾰμαιλέων"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲗⲉⲱⲛ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲗⲉⲱⲛ (leōn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲗⲉⲱⲛ (leōn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λέων",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: λέων (léon) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: λέων (léon) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "leō",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: leō",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: leō (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "𒌨",
        "tr": "labbu"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒌨 (labbu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-pro",
        "2": "*labiʾ-"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "leō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin leō",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Many ancient languages possessed similar words for lion, including Akkadian 𒌨 (labbu) (reconstructed to Proto-Semitic *labiʾ-). It is unclear how they are related and who borrowed from whom. The ultimate source is likely not Indo-European, however.\nThe τ (t) in the stem λεοντ- (leont-) was influenced by the present participle. The original stem was *λεον- (*leon-), as shown by λέαινα (léaina, “female lion”) and Latin leō. If the stem were originally λεοντ- (leont-), the feminine form would be *λέουσα (*léousa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "léōn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέοντος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ λέων",
      "roman": "ho léōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέοντε",
      "roman": "léonte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ λέοντες",
      "roman": "hoi léontes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ λέοντος",
      "roman": "toû léontos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεόντοιν",
      "roman": "leóntoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεόντων",
      "roman": "leóntōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ λέοντῐ",
      "roman": "tôi léontĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεόντοιν",
      "roman": "leóntoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς λέουσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέουσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs léousĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs léousĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν λέοντᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn léontă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέοντε",
      "roman": "léonte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς λέοντᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs léontăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέον",
      "roman": "léon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέοντε",
      "roman": "léonte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέοντες",
      "roman": "léontes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λέοντος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "λέων • (léōn) m (genitive λέοντος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λέων",
        "2": "λέοντος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, The Statesman 291a.9",
          "roman": "polloì mèn gàr léousi tôn andrôn eíxasi kaì Kentaúrois kaì toioútoisin hetérois",
          "text": "πολλοὶ μὲν γὰρ λέουσι τῶν ἀνδρῶν εἴξασι καὶ Κενταύροις καὶ τοιούτοισιν ἑτέροις"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lion"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέων-grc-noun-~FlIdxK7",
      "links": [
        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Astrology",
          "orig": "grc:Astrology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 61 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 63 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 37 21 25 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 41 22 28 1 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 73 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Panthers",
          "orig": "grc:Panthers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Leo, the zodiacal sign"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέων-grc-noun-wToHN~IK",
      "links": [
        [
          "astrology",
          "astrology"
        ],
        [
          "Leo",
          "Leo"
        ],
        [
          "zodiacal",
          "zodiacal"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astrology) Leo, the zodiacal sign"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astrology",
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lionheart, savage (one having the characteristics of a lion (positive or negative): savage, noble, or brave)"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέων-grc-noun-Vqh1tAtH",
      "links": [
        [
          "lionheart",
          "lionheart"
        ],
        [
          "savage",
          "savage"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lé.ɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lé.ɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λέων"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Panthers"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "thūmoléōn",
      "word": "θῡμολέων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Léandros",
      "word": "Λέανδρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "leontárion",
      "word": "λεοντάριον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "leontopétălon",
      "word": "λεοντοπέτᾰλον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "leópardos",
      "word": "λεόπαρδος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Léōn",
      "word": "Λέων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Leōnĭ́dās",
      "word": "Λεωνῐ́δᾱς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Tīmoléōn",
      "word": "Τῑμολέων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khămailéōn",
      "word": "χᾰμαιλέων"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲗⲉⲱⲛ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲗⲉⲱⲛ (leōn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲗⲉⲱⲛ (leōn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λέων",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: λέων (léon) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: λέων (léon) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "leō",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: leō",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: leō (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "𒌨",
        "tr": "labbu"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒌨 (labbu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-pro",
        "2": "*labiʾ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *labiʾ-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "leō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin leō",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Many ancient languages possessed similar words for lion, including Akkadian 𒌨 (labbu) (reconstructed to Proto-Semitic *labiʾ-). It is unclear how they are related and who borrowed from whom. The ultimate source is likely not Indo-European, however.\nThe τ (t) in the stem λεοντ- (leont-) was influenced by the present participle. The original stem was *λεον- (*leon-), as shown by λέαινα (léaina, “female lion”) and Latin leō. If the stem were originally λεοντ- (leont-), the feminine form would be *λέουσα (*léousa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "léōn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέοντος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ λέων",
      "roman": "ho léōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέοντε",
      "roman": "léonte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ λέοντες",
      "roman": "hoi léontes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ λέοντος",
      "roman": "toû léontos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεόντοιν",
      "roman": "leóntoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεόντων",
      "roman": "leóntōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ λέοντῐ",
      "roman": "tôi léontĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεόντοιν",
      "roman": "leóntoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς λέουσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέουσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs léousĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs léousĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν λέοντᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn léontă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέοντε",
      "roman": "léonte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς λέοντᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs léontăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέον",
      "roman": "léon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέοντε",
      "roman": "léonte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέοντες",
      "roman": "léontes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λέοντος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λέων",
        "2": "λέοντος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, The Statesman 291a.9",
          "roman": "polloì mèn gàr léousi tôn andrôn eíxasi kaì Kentaúrois kaì toioútoisin hetérois",
          "text": "πολλοὶ μὲν γὰρ λέουσι τῶν ἀνδρῶν εἴξασι καὶ Κενταύροις καὶ τοιούτοισιν ἑτέροις"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Astrology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Leo, the zodiacal sign"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astrology",
          "astrology"
        ],
        [
          "Leo",
          "Leo"
        ],
        [
          "zodiacal",
          "zodiacal"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astrology) Leo, the zodiacal sign"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astrology",
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lionheart, savage (one having the characteristics of a lion (positive or negative): savage, noble, or brave)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lionheart",
          "lionheart"
        ],
        [
          "savage",
          "savage"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lé.ɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lé.ɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λέων"
}