Lewis & Short

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1. lĕo, lēre, v. a. The root of deleo; cf. Prisc. l. 9 fin.

2. lĕo, ōnis, m. [Gr. λέων, λίς], a lion.

  1. I. Lit.: validus, Lucr. 5, 985: fulvus, Ov. H. 10, 85: ferus, id. M. 7, 373: magnanimus, id. Tr. 3, 5, 33: leoni praecipua generositas, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 42: Gaetulus, Verg. A. 5, 351: Poenus, id. E. 5, 27: Phrygius, id. A. 10, 157: fulvus, id. ib. 4, 159: leonum animi index cauda, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 42: leo alumnus, Juv. 14, 247: pardus, tigris, leosi quid adhuc est quod fremat in terris violentius, id. 8, 36: leo femina, a she-lion, lioness (for leaena), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Philarg. Verg. E. 2, 63.
    Without femina: orbati leones, Stat. S. 2, 1, 9; Val. Fl. 6, 317.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A lion’s skin, Val. Fl. 8, 126.
    2. B. The constellation Leo: momenta Leonis, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16: cum sol in Leone est, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 162: in pectore Leonis, id. 18, 26, 64, § 235.
    3. C. A kind of crab, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97.
    4. D. A plant, perhaps lion’s-foot, Col. 10, 260; 98.
    5. E. To denote a courageous person: in pace leones, in proelio cervi, Tert. Coron. Mil. 1 med.; cf.: in praetoriis leones, in castris lepores, Sid. Ep. 5, 7 med.: domi leones, foris vulpes, Petr. 44, 4.

3. Lĕo, ōnis, m.; only plur.: Lĕōnes, um, the priests of the Persian god Mithras: Leones Mithrae, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13.