Λεοντῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

λέων (léōn, “lion”) +‎ -ῖνος (-înos, “suffix forming adjectives of place”), meaning “the one related to lions”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.on.tîː.nos/ → /le.onˈti.nos/ → /le.onˈdi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.on.tîː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le.onˈti.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /le.onˈti.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /le.onˈti.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /le.onˈdi.nos/

Noun

Λεοντῖνος • (Leontînos) m (genitive Λεοντῑ́νου); second declension

1. an inhabitant of Leontini or Lentini
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1275b.27
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Antidosis 155

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λεοντῖνος; τοῦ Λεοντῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Λεοντῖνος ho Leontînos	τὼ Λεοντῑ́νω tṑ Leontī́nō	οἱ Λεοντῖνοι hoi Leontînoi
Genitive	τοῦ Λεοντῑ́νου toû Leontī́nou	τοῖν Λεοντῑ́νοιν toîn Leontī́noin	τῶν Λεοντῑ́νων tôn Leontī́nōn
Dative	τῷ Λεοντῑ́νῳ tôi Leontī́nōi	τοῖν Λεοντῑ́νοιν toîn Leontī́noin	τοῖς Λεοντῑ́νοις toîs Leontī́nois
Accusative	τὸν Λεοντῖνον tòn Leontînon	τὼ Λεοντῑ́νω tṑ Leontī́nō	τοὺς Λεοντῑ́νους toùs Leontī́nous
Vocative	Λεοντῖνε Leontîne	Λεοντῑ́νω Leontī́nō	Λεοντῖνοι Leontînoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Λεοντίνος (Leontínos)
• Latin: Leontīnus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015