λέων, οντος, ὁ,
Epic dialect dative plural λείουσι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
lion, ὠμοφάγοι λ. Il.[same place]; αἴθων 18.161; χαροποί [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare λίς:
metaphorically, of Artemis, σὲ λέοντα γυναιξὶ Ζεὺς θῆκεν Zeus made thee a
lion toward women (because she was supposed to cause their sudden death), [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; used of savage persons, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also, of brave men, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a baby, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) “Leo”, the sign in the Zodiac, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3) ={λεοντῆ},
lion's skin, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4) as an ornament, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II) a kind of
crab, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III) a kind of
serpent, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
IV) ={λεοντίασις}, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V) a kind of
dance, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VI) title of grade of initiates in the mysteries of Mithras, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
VII) a
sea-monster, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VIII) ={ὀροβάγχη}, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]