- λέων
- λέων, -οντοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `lion' (Il.), dat. pl. also λείουσι (Il.; metr. length., cf. Schwyzer 571, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 102),Dialectal forms: Myc. instr. rewopi \/lewomphi\/, rewotejo \/lewonteios\/Compounds: Compp., e.g λεοντό-πους `lionfooted' (E., inscr.) with λεοντο-πόδιον plantname (Dsc.; cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 42), χαμαι-λέων `lizard, `Chamaileon' (Arist.; Risch IF 59, 256), also as plantn. (Thphr., Dsc.; because of the changing colour, Strömberg 110); on -λέων, -λέωνος in PN (second.) Bechtel Hist. Personenn. 277. Cf. on λεό-παρδος.Derivatives: 1. Diminut.: λεόντ-ιον (Theognost. Can., Med.), -άριον (inscr., pap.), also as f. PN (Epicur), -ίς `lion-like ornament' (Lydia), -ιδεύς `young lion' (Ael., Boßhardt 126). 2. λεοντέη, -τῆ f. `lion skin' (IA.). - 3. Adj. λεόντ-ειος `of a lion, lionlike' (A., Theoc., AP), ; -ώδης `lionlike' (Pl., Arist.), -ικός `of a lion' (Porph.), -ιανός `born under the sign of a lion' (Cat. Cod. Astr.). 4. Adv. λεοντ-ηδόν `like a lion' (LXX; Schwyzer 626). - 5. λεοντ-ιάω with -ίασις name of a disease (medic.; after ἐλεφαντ-ιάω, -ίασις). - 6. PN Λεοντ-εύς, -ίας etc., s. Boßhardt 72, Bechtel Hist. Personennamen 276 f., Namenst. 36. - Fem. λέαινα `lioness' (Hdt., A., Ar.). Acc. to λέαινα λέων was like δράκων a. o. orig. an n-stem (diff Specht KZ 63, 221: sec. loss of dental in λέαινα).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] SemitXEtymology: LW [loanword] of unknown source; Hebr. lābī', Assyr. labbu, Egypt. labu are rather diff. phonetcally. From λέων Lat. leō, -ōnis (n-stem Lat. innovation); from there direct or indirectly the Europ. forms like OIr. leon (gen. pl.), OE. lēo, OHG lewo (from there Slav., e.g. Russ. lev, with Lith. lẽvas), second. louwo (\> Latv. laũva), Löwe. Details in W.-Hofrnann s. leō, Vasmer Wb. s. lev, Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 18 f. - On itself stands λῖς (λίς; on the acc. Berger Münch. Stud. 3, 6 f.), acc. λῖν m. `lion' (Il.; Schwyzer 570f.), already by Pott and Benfey compared with resembling Hebr. lajiš `lion'.Page in Frisk: 2,113
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.