leontios

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεόντιος (leóntios).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /leˈon.ti.os/, [ɫ̪eˈɔn̪t̪iɔs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈon.t͡si.os/, [leˈɔnt̪͡s̪ios]

Noun

leontios m (genitive leontiī); second declension

A precious stone of the color of a lion

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leontios	leontiī
Genitive	leontiī	leontiōrum
Dative	leontiō	leontiīs
Accusative	leontion	leontiōs
Ablative	leontiō	leontiīs
Vocative	leontie	leontiī

References

“leontios”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
leontios in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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