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leoninus

leoninus

Latin

Adjective

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

leonine; of or pertaining to a lion

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	leōnīnus	leōnīna	leōnīnum		leōnīnī	leōnīnae	leōnīna
genitive	leōnīnī	leōnīnae	leōnīnī		leōnīnōrum	leōnīnārum	leōnīnōrum
dative	leōnīnō	leōnīnae	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

English: leonine

References

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