"leo" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈɫe.oː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈlɛː.o] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:λέων<id:lion>|text=+|title=leō|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "lion", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "λέων", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "leō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="leō"> Borrowed from 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 Categories (other): Pages with 17 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages with 17 entries: 1 6 10 10 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 6 19 9 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 3 10 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 5 11 11 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 22 10 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 11 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 13 41 21 16 8 1 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 14 46 15 14 9 1 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 13 41 23 15 8 1 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 10 28 32 11 10 10 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 9 29 17 8 6 1 6 9 15
  3. (astronomy) the constellation Leo Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-leo-la-noun-j5rqdGW6 Categories (other): Constellations, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 10 28 32 11 10 10 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  4. (figuratively) lionheart; a courageous person Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-leo-la-noun-~NPuHmh9 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 10 28 32 11 10 10
  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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      "ipa": "[ˈɫe.oː]",
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      "ipa": "[ˈlɛː.o]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}
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                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
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                }
              ],
              "lang": "Sicilian",
              "lang_code": "scn",
              "word": "liuni"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Italo-Dalmatian",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "word": "leu"
        },
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          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "word": "leon"
        },
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          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "word": "lion"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Eastern Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
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        {
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            {
              "lang": "Emilian",
              "lang_code": "egl",
              "word": "leån"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Ligurian",
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              "word": "lión"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Lombard",
              "lang_code": "lmo",
              "word": "leon"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Piedmontese",
              "lang_code": "pms",
              "word": "lion"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Piedmontese",
              "lang_code": "pms",
              "word": "leon"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Gallo-italic",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Old French",
          "lang_code": "fro",
          "word": "lion"
        },
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            {
              "lang": "Friulian",
              "lang_code": "fur",
              "word": "lion"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Romansh",
              "lang_code": "rm",
              "word": "liun"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
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            {
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              "lang_code": "an",
              "word": "lión"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "roa-ona"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Asturian",
              "lang_code": "ast",
              "word": "llión"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Asturian",
              "lang_code": "ast",
              "word": "lleón"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Leonese",
              "lang_code": "roa-leo",
              "word": "llión"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Leonese",
          "lang_code": "roa-ole"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Catalan",
              "lang_code": "ca",
              "word": "lleó"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Occitan",
              "lang_code": "oc",
              "word": "leon"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Occitan",
          "lang_code": "pro"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Fala",
              "lang_code": "fax",
              "word": "león"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Galician",
              "lang_code": "gl",
              "word": "león"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
                  "lang_code": "kea",
                  "word": "lion"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Macanese",
                  "lang_code": "mzs",
                  "word": "leám"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Papiamentu",
                  "lang_code": "pap",
                  "word": "leon"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Tetum",
                  "lang_code": "tet",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
                  "word": "leaun"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Portuguese",
              "lang_code": "pt",
              "word": "leão"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "roa-opt",
          "word": "leon"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Old Spanish",
          "lang_code": "osp",
          "word": "leon"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Western Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "leone"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "leoni"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "lioni"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Southern Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "luan"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "lehoi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Proto-Brythonic",
      "lang_code": "cel-bry-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "*llew"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
      "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "*lēwō"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
          "lang_code": "sla-pro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "uncertain"
          ],
          "word": "*lь̀vъ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "lang_code": "got",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "laiwa",
      "word": "𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Old English",
      "lang_code": "ang",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "lēo"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Irish",
              "lang_code": "ga",
              "word": "leon"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Manx",
              "lang_code": "gv",
              "word": "lion"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "unknown",
          "lang_code": "sga",
          "word": "léo"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Irish",
              "lang_code": "ga",
              "word": "leomhan"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Manx",
              "lang_code": "gv",
              "word": "leion"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
              "lang_code": "gd",
              "word": "leòmhann"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "unknown",
          "lang_code": "sga",
          "word": "léoman"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "lang_code": "sga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "lang_code": "non",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "león"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "lang_code": "non",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "leó"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "grc:λέων<id:lion>",
        "text": "+",
        "title": "leō",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"lion\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"λέων\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"leō\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"leō\">\nBorrowed from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).",
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    {
      "form": "leō",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leōnis",
      "links": [
        [
          "leōnis",
          "leonis"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leō",
      "links": [
        [
          "leō",
          "leo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leōnēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "leōnēs",
          "leones#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leōnis",
      "links": [
        [
          "leōnis",
          "leonis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leōnum",
      "links": [
        [
          "leōnum",
          "leonum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leōnī",
      "links": [
        [
          "leōnī",
          "leoni#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leōnibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "leōnibus",
          "leonibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leōnem",
      "links": [
        [
          "leōnem",
          "leonem#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leōnēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "leōnēs",
          "leones#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leōne",
      "links": [
        [
          "leōne",
          "leone#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leōnibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "leōnibus",
          "leonibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leō",
      "links": [
        [
          "leō",
          "leo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leōnēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "leōnēs",
          "leones#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leō<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "leō m (genitive leōnis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leō<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lea"
    },
    {
      "word": "leaena"
    },
    {
      "word": "leonticus"
    },
    {
      "word": "leontios"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Male animals",
        "la:Panthers"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lion's skin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Constellations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the constellation Leo"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "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"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "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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