Λέων
See also: λέων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λέων (léōn, “lion”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lé.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈle.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈle.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈle.on/
Proper noun
Λέων • (Léōn) m (genitive Λέοντος); third declension
- Leon, a Greek name meaning "lion"
- Leo, the Latin adaptation of the Greek name
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Λέων; τοῦ Λέοντος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Λέων ho Léōn | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Λέοντος toû Léontos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Λέοντῐ tôi Léonti | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Λέοντᾰ tòn Léonta | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Λέον Léon | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Descendants of Λέων
- → Albanian: Leoni
- → Arabic: لاون
- → Bulgarian: Лъв (Lǎv)
- → Catalan: Lleó
- → Czech: Lev
- → Danish: Leo
- → Dutch: Leo
- → English: Leo, Leon
- → Estonian: Leo
- → Finnish: Leo
- → French: Léon, Léo
- → Galician: León
- → German: Leo
- Greek: Λέων (Léon), Λέοντας (Léontas), Λιόντας (Lióntas)
- → Hungarian: Leó
- → Italian: Leone
- → Japanese: レオ
- → Korean: 레오 (re'o)
- → Latin: Leo
- → Old Armenian: Լեւոն (Lewon)
- Armenian: Լեւոն (Lewon)
- → Polish: Leon
- → Portuguese: Leão
- → Romanian: Leon
- → Russian: Лев (Lev)
- → Serbo-Croatian: Лав
- → Slovak: Lev
- → Slovene: Leon
- → Spanish: León
- → Swedish: Leo
References
- Λέων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
Greek
Proper noun
Λέων • (Léon) m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Leo
- (astronomy, astrology) Leo (constellation & sign of the zodiac)
Declension
Λέων
case \\ number | singular |
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nominative | Λέων • |
genitive | Λέοντος • |
accusative | Λέοντα • |
vocative | Λέων • |
Further reading
Λέων on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
See also
Zodiac signs in Greek (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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Κριός (Kriós) ♈︎ | Ταύρος (Távros) ♉︎ | Δίδυμοι (Dídymoi) ♊︎ | Καρκίνος (Karkínos) ♋︎ | ||||||||
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Λέων (Léon) ♌︎ | Παρθένος (Parthénos) ♍︎ | Ζυγός (Zygós) ♎︎ | Σκορπιός (Skorpiós) ♏︎ | ||||||||
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Τοξότης (Toxótis) ♐︎ | Αιγόκερως (Aigókeros) ♑︎ | Υδροχόος (Ydrochóos) ♒︎ | Ιχθύες (Ichthýes) ♓︎ |