Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lion.
[Middle English, from Old French leonin, from Latin leōnīnus, from leō, leōn-, lion. See lion.]
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Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lion.
[Middle English, from Old French leonin, from Latin leōnīnus, from leō, leōn-, lion. See lion.]
adj.
Unlike a menagerie lion. Leonine verses are those in which a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at the end, as in this famous passage from Bella Peeler Silcox:
The electric light invades the dunnest deep of Hades.
Cries Pluto, 'twixt his snores: "O tempora! O mores!"
It should be explained that Mrs. Silcox does not undertake to teach pronunciation of the Greek and Latin tongues. Leonine verses are so called in honor of a poet named Leo, whom prosodists appear to find a pleasure in believing to have been the first to discover that a rhyming couplet could be run into a single line.
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
Pertains to noun: lion (meaning #1)
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - løveagtig, løve-
adj. - leoninsk, løveagtig
Nederlands (Dutch)
leeuwachtig, betreffende leeuwen, betreffende paus Leo (Leonisch)
Français (French)
adj. - léonin
adj. - léonin
Deutsch (German)
adj. - löwenartig, leoninisch
adj. - aus der Zeit der Päpste Leo IV. oder Leo XIII.
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λεόντειος, λιονταρίσιος
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - leonino
Español (Spanish)
adj. - leonino
adj. - leonino
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - lejon-, lejonartad, lejonliknande, majestätisk
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
狮子的, 罗马教皇Leo的, 狮子般的, 狮子, 狮子般
狮子的, 狮子般的
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 獅子的, 羅馬教皇Leo的, 獅子般的
n. pl. - 獅子, 獅子般
adj. - 獅子的, 獅子般的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 사자의, 사자 같은 , 용맹한
adj. - 사자자리
n. pl. - 사자자리 유성군
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ライオンの, ライオンのような
n. - レオ詩体詩
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) أسدي, كالأسد
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - של אריה, כמו אריה
adj. - של האפיפיור או אפיפיור בשם לאו
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