leontios
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεόντιος (leóntios).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫeˈɔn.ti.ɔs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [leˈɔn.t̪͡s̪i.os]
Noun
leontios m (genitive leontiī); second declension
- A precious stone of the color of a lion
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | leontios | leontiī leontioe |
| genitive | leontiī | leontiōrum |
| dative | leontiō | leontiīs |
| accusative | leontion | leontiōs |
| ablative | leontiō | leontiīs |
| vocative | leontie | leontiī leontioe |
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.