leoninus

Latin

Etymology

From leō (“lion”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /le.oːˈniː.nus/, [ɫ̪eoːˈniːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /le.oˈni.nus/, [leoˈniːnus]

Adjective

leōnīnus (feminine leōnīna, neuter leōnīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. leonine; of or pertaining to a lion

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	leōnīnus	leōnīna	leōnīnum		leōnīnī	leōnīnae	leōnīna
Genitive	leōnīnī	leōnīnae	leōnīnī		leōnīnōrum	leōnīnārum	leōnīnōrum
Dative	leōnīnō		leōnīnō		leōnīnīs
Accusative	leōnīnum	leōnīnam	leōnīnum		leōnīnōs	leōnīnās	leōnīna
Ablative	leōnīnō	leōnīnā	leōnīnō		leōnīnīs
Vocative	leōnīne	leōnīna	leōnīnum		leōnīnī	leōnīnae	leōnīna

Related terms

• leō

Descendants

• Catalan: lleoní
• English: leonine
• French: léonin (see there for further descendants)
• Galician: leonino
• Italian: leonino
• Portuguese: leonino
• Spanish: leonino

References

• “leoninus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• leoninus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.