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leo

See also: Leo, LEO, Léo, lẹo, -leo, Lêô, and le-o

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leo (plural leos)

  1. (informal) Clipping of leotard.
    • 2011, Jennifer Kronenberg, So, You Want To Be a Ballet Dancer?:
      To this day, I still try to steer clear of wearing a black leo and pink tights together […]
    • 2016, Shawn Johnson, The Flip Side, page 66:
      Now go grab your favorite leotard and makeup bag. I'll run you over there.” […] I rush to apply eye makeup that also matches my leo.

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Galician

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leo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ler
  2. first-person singular present indicative of lear

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *leo, from Proto-Oceanic *leqo, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (“neck”). Compare also Tetum lian.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈle.o/, [ˈlɛ.jo]

Noun

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leo

  1. voice; sound
  2. command
    I aliʻi nō ʻoe, i kanaka au, malalo aku au o kō leo. (Hula song)
    You be the chief, I the servant, I shall be obedient to your command.
  3. verbal message

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leo

  1. to speak
  2. to make a sound

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References

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  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “leo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Helong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ.

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leo

  1. neck

Irish

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Etymology 1

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leo (emphatic leosan)

  1. third-person plural of le: with them, to them

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leo m (genitive singular leo, nominative plural leonna)

  1. slush, slime, slick
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Declension of leo (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative leo leonna
vocative a leo a leonna
genitive leo leonna
dative leo leonna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an leo na leonna
genitive an leo na leonna
dative leis an leo
don leo 		leis na leonna
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References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 308, page 143
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 311, page 110

Latin

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leō (a lion)

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From Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

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leō m (genitive leōnis); third declension

  1. lion
  2. lion's skin
  3. (astronomy) the constellation Leo
  4. (figuratively) lionheart; a courageous person
  5. a kind of crab
  6. a kind of plant

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative leō leōnēs
genitive leōnis leōnum
dative leōnī leōnibus
accusative leōnem leōnēs
ablative leōne leōnibus
vocative leō leōnēs

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References

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  • “leo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “leo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "leo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • leo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “leo”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1]
  • “leo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “leo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Niuean

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

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leo

  1. voice, sound

Old English

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From Proto-West Germanic *lēwō.

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lēo f or m

  1. a lion
    • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
      Ǣlċe mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tacna. Ān þǣra tacna ys ġehāten aries, þæt is ramm; oðer taurus, þæt is fearr; ðridda gemini, þæt synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, þæt is crabba; fīfta leo; syxta virgo, þæt is mǣden; seofoða libra, þæt is pund orde wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, þæt is þrōwend; nigoða is sagittarius, þæt is sċytta; teoða ys capricornus, þæt is buccan horn, oððe bucca; endlyfta is aquarius, þæt is wæter-ġyte, oððe þe þe wæter ġyt; twelfte is pisces, þæt synd fixas.
      Each month runs under one of the signs [of the Zodiac]. The first of the signs is called aries, that is "ram"; the second is taurus, that is "bull"; the third is gemini, that is "twins"; the fourth is cancer, that is "crab"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is "virgin"; the seventh is libra, that is "pound" or "scales"; eighth is scorpious, that is "scorpion"; ninth is sagittarius, that is "shooter"; tenth is capricornus, that is "he-goat's horn" or "he-goat"; eleventh is aquarius, that is "pouring water" or "one that pours water"; twelfth is pisces, that is "fishes."
    Eom iċ lēo ġif iċ menn ete?
    Am I a lion if I eat people?

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Weak:

singular plural
nominative lēo lēon
accusative lēon lēon
genitive lēon lēona
dative lēon lēom, lēoum

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Pukapukan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

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leo

  1. voice

Samoan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

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leo

  1. voice, sound

Sikaiana

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

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leo

  1. voice, sound of a voice
  2. pronunciation
  3. tune (of a song)

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  • IPA(key): /ˈleo/ [ˈle.o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Syllabification: le‧o

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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leo m or f (masculine and feminine plural leos)

  1. Leo

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leo m or f by sense (plural leos)

  1. Leo

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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leo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of leer

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Swahili

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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leo

  1. today

Tokelauan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *leo. Cognates include Hawaiian leo and Maori reo.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈle.o]
  • Hyphenation: le‧o

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leo

  1. voice
  2. talk
  3. noise, sound

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 182

Tuvaluan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

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leo

  1. voice, sound

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *g-lɛːw, whence also trèo.

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leo • (撩, 繚, 𨇉)

  1. to climb
    leo cây ― to climb a tree
    leo núi ― to go mountain climbing or hiking

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