"leo" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈɫe.oː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈlɛː.o] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|grc:λέων<id:lion>|id=lion}}, {{bor|la|grc|λέων}} Ancient Greek λέων (léōn) Head templates: {{la-noun|leō<3>|g=m}} leō m (genitive leōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|leō<3>}} Forms: leō [canonical, masculine], leōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], leō [nominative, singular], leōnēs [nominative, plural], leōnis [genitive, singular], leōnum [genitive, plural], leōnī [dative, singular], leōnibus [dative, plural], leōnem [accusative, singular], leōnēs [accusative, plural], leōne [ablative, singular], leōnibus [ablative, plural], leō [singular, vocative], leōnēs [plural, vocative]
  1. lion Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-leo-la-noun-~FlIdxK7 Categories (other): Male animals, Panthers
  2. lion's skin Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-leo-la-noun-7klOGwnl
  3. (astronomy) the constellation Leo Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-leo-la-noun-j5rqdGW6 Categories (other): Constellations, Pages with 17 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Pages with 17 entries: 2 7 13 13 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 7 1 12 7 5 1 1 1 2 4 4 13 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 6 14 14 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 9 0 12 8 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 14 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 21 1 41 24 13 1 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 12 12 39 13 12 12 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  4. (figuratively) lionheart; a courageous person Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-leo-la-noun-~NPuHmh9
  5. a kind of crab Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-leo-la-noun-VN6ZaLl2 Categories (other): Crustaceans
  6. a kind of plant Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-leo-la-noun-182wPoHF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: leō fēmina, leōnīnus, leunculus Related terms: lea, leaena, leonticus, leontios
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    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "leunculus"
    }
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      "word": "luan"
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      "lang_code": "eu",
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      "word": "*llew"
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      "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
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          "word": "*lь̀vъ"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "got",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "laiwa",
      "word": "𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰"
    },
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      "lang_code": "ang",
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          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "leon"
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      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "lang_code": "non",
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      "word": "leó"
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  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).",
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    },
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      "word": "leonticus"
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    }
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      ]
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        "the constellation Leo"
      ],
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          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
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          "constellation",
          "constellation"
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          "Leo",
          "Leo"
        ]
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      ],
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        "declension-3"
      ],
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        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        ],
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          "courageous",
          "courageous"
        ]
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        "(figuratively) lionheart; a courageous person"
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Crustaceans",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        "a kind of crab"
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        "a kind of plant"
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      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫe.oː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɛː.o]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leo"
}
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    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 17 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "leō fēmina"
    },
    {
      "word": "leōnīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "leunculus"
    }
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      "lang_code": "got",
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      "word": "𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰"
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          "word": "leon"
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        "table-tags"
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        "nominative",
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    {
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        "genitive",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "leōne",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "leōnibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leōnēs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "lea"
    },
    {
      "word": "leaena"
    },
    {
      "word": "leonticus"
    },
    {
      "word": "leontios"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Male animals",
        "la:Panthers"
      ],
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        "lion"
      ],
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        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lion's skin"
      ],
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        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "la:Constellations"
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      "glosses": [
        "the constellation Leo"
      ],
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        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "constellation",
          "constellation"
        ],
        [
          "Leo",
          "Leo"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) the constellation Leo"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lionheart; a courageous person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lionheart",
          "lionheart"
        ],
        [
          "courageous",
          "courageous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) lionheart; a courageous person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Crustaceans"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a kind of crab"
      ],
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        [
          "crab",
          "crab"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a kind of plant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫe.oː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɛː.o]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leo"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-14 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). 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.