"λέων" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈle.on/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn) from the accusative singular τὸν (tòn) λέοντα (léonta). Also see λέοντας m (léontas), λιόντας m (lióntas), λεοντάρι n (leontári) & λιοντάρι n (liontári). Etymology templates: {{lbor|el|grc|λέων}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|λέοντες|||||||||||feminine|λέαινα|||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} λέων • (léon) m (plural λέοντες, feminine λέαινα), {{el-noun|m|λέοντες|f=λέαινα}} λέων • (léon) m (plural λέοντες, feminine λέαινα) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|λέων|λέοντες|λέοντος|λεόντων|λέοντα|λέοντες|λέων|λέοντες|note=}} Forms: léon [romanization], λέοντες [plural], λέαινα [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], λέων [nominative, singular], λέοντες [nominative, plural], λέοντος [genitive, singular], λεόντων [genitive, plural], λέοντα [accusative, singular], λέοντες [accusative, plural], λέων [singular, vocative], λέοντες [plural, vocative]
  1. (learned) form of λιοντάρι (liontári) (in set phrases and learned terms) Tags: form-of, literary Form of: λιοντάρι (extra: (liontári) (in set phrases and learned terms))
    Sense id: en-λέων-el-noun-tEQ5f0rk Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 1 49
  2. (learned, figurative) brave man Tags: figuratively, literary
    Sense id: en-λέων-el-noun-vHwMKyCL
  3. for the constellation and the given name, see Λέων (Léon)
    Sense id: en-λέων-el-noun-G2iF7fD6 Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'μεσάζων' Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 1 49 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'μεσάζων': 26 11 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: λέοντας (léontas) [variant], λιοντάρι (liontári) [standard]
Related terms: ένας, αλλά λέων! (énas, allá léon!) (english: one, but a lion!), εξ όνυχος τον λέοντα (ex ónychos ton léonta), Ancient Greek ἐξ ὀνύχων λέοντα (ex onúkhōn léonta), λάκκος των λεόντων (lákkos ton leónton) (english: pit of lions) [masculine], μερίδα του λέοντος (merída tou léontos) (english: lion's share) [feminine], λεονταρισμός (leontarismós) [masculine], λεόντειος (leónteios) (english: leonine), λεοντή (leontí) (english: lionskin) [feminine], λεοντίαση (leontíasi) (english: leontiasis) [feminine], λεοντιδέας (leontidéas) [masculine], λεοντόκαρδος (leontókardos) (english: lionheart), λεοντοκεφαλή (leontokefalí) (english: lion's head) [feminine], χαμαιλέων (chamailéon), χαμαιλέοντας (chamailéontas) (english: chameleon) [masculine], χαμαιλεοντίζω (chamaileontízo)
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.