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Webster 1913 Edition


Leonine

Le′o-nine

(lē′ō̍-nīn)
,
Adj.
[L.
leoninus
, fr.
leo
,
leonis
, lion: cf. F.
léonin
. See
Lion
.]
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion;
as, a
leonine
look;
leonine
rapacity.
Le′o-nine-ly
,
adv.
Leonine verse
,
a kind of verse, in which the end of the line rhymes with the middle; – so named from
Leo
, or
Leoninus
, a Benedictine and canon of Paris in the twelfth century, who wrote largely in this measure, though he was not the inventor. The following line is an example:
Gloria factorum temere conceditur horum.

Webster 1828 Edition


Leonine

LE'ONINE

,
Adj.
[L. leoninus, from leo, lion.] Belonging to a lion; resembling a lion, or partaking of his qualities; as leonine fierceness or rapacity.
Leonine verses, so named from Leo, the inventor, are those, the end of which rhymes with the middle; as,
Gloria factorum temere conceditur horum.

Definition 2024


léonine

léonine

See also: leonine

French

Adjective

léonine

  1. feminine singular of léonin