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lĕa, ae, f. [leo], a lioness (poet. for leaena): panthera et lea, Varr. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. E. 2, 63; * Lucr. 5, 1318: pectus et ora leae, Ov. M. 9, 648: hirsutae, id. F. 5, 176; id. M. 14, 255: saeva, id. ib. 4, 102.

† 1. lĕaena, ae, f., = λέαινα, a lioness: statuerunt aeream leaenam, Cic. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45; Gell. 13, 7, 1; Tib. 3, 4, 90; Verg. E. 2, 63; id. G. 3, 245; 4, 408; Ov. M. 4, 97; 514; 9, 615; 13, 547; Cat. 64, 154.

2. Lĕaena, ae, f., = Λέαινα, an heroic courtesan of Athens, in the time of Harmodius and Aristogīton, Plin. 7, 23, 23, § 87; 34, 8, 19, § 72; Lact. 1, 20.

Lēander (Lēandrus, Mart. Spect. 25; voc. Leandre, Ov. H. 19, 1 al.), i, m., = Λείανδρος,

  1. I. a young man of Abydos, who, in order to visit Hero in Sestos, swam nightly across the Hellespont, until he was drowned in a storm, Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Tr. 3, 10, 41; Mart. 14, 181 et saep.
  2. II. Hence,
    1. A. Lēandrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leander, Leandrian: natatus, Fulg. Myth. 1 init.
    2. B. Lēandrĭus, a, um, adj., of Leander, Leandrian: Leandrius Hellespontus, Sil. 8, 622.

Lĕarchus, i, m., = Λέαρχος,

  1. I. the son of Athamas and Ino, whom Athamas, in a fit of madness, killed, Ov. M. 4, 515; id. F. 6, 479; Hyg. Fab. 1, 2.
    Hence,
  2. II. Lĕar-chēus, a, um, adj., of Learchus: umbrae, Ov. F. 6, 491.