Λεοντῖνοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from the genitive stem of λέων (léōn, “lion”) + the plural form of -ῖνος (-înos, “suffix forming adjectives of place”), supposedly meaning “the ones related to lions”. Compare the demonym Βυζαντῖνος (Buzantînos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.on.tîː.noi̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le.onˈti.ny/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /le.onˈti.ny/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /le.onˈti.ny/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /le.onˈdi.ni/

Proper noun

Λεοντῖνοι • (Leontînoi) m (genitive Λεοντῑ́νων); second declension

Leontini (an ancient city, modern-day Lentini in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy)
- 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 14.14
- 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausanias Periegeta, Graeciae Descriptio 5.22.7
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.4
- 390 BCE, Plato, Hippias Major 282b
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 7.6
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Nicias 12

Inflection

Second declension of οἱ Λεοντῖνοι; τῶν Λεοντῑ́νων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Λεοντῖνοι hoi Leontînoi
Genitive	τῶν Λεοντῑ́νων tôn Leontī́nōn
Dative	τοῖς Λεοντῑ́νοις toîs Leontī́nois
Accusative	τοὺς Λεοντῑ́νους toùs Leontī́nous
Vocative	Λεοντῖνοι Leontînoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

Λεοντῖνος (Leontînos)

Descendants

Greek: Λεοντίνοι (Leontínoi)
Latin: Leontīnī
- Sicilian: Lintini
  - Italian: Lentini

References

Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

Noun

Λεοντῖνοι • (Leontînoi)

nominative/vocative plural of Λεοντῖνος (Leontînos)