λεοντοπέταλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λέων (léōn, “lion”, stem: λεοντ-, leont-) + πέτᾰλον (pétălon, “leaf”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /le.on.to.pé.ta.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /le.on.toˈpe.ta.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /le.on.toˈpe.ta.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /le.on.toˈpe.ta.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /le.on.doˈpe.ta.lon/
Noun
λεοντοπέτᾰλον • (leontopétălon) n (genitive λεοντοπετᾰ́λου); second declension
- lion’s leaf, Leontice leontopetalum
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Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ λεοντοπέτᾰλον tò leontopétălon |
τὼ λεοντοπετᾰ́λω tṑ leontopetắlō |
τᾰ̀ λεοντοπέτᾰλᾰ tằ leontopétălă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λεοντοπετᾰ́λου toû leontopetắlou |
τοῖν λεοντοπετᾰ́λοιν toîn leontopetắloin |
τῶν λεοντοπετᾰ́λων tôn leontopetắlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λεοντοπετᾰ́λῳ tōî leontopetắlōi |
τοῖν λεοντοπετᾰ́λοιν toîn leontopetắloin |
τοῖς λεοντοπετᾰ́λοις toîs leontopetắlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λεοντοπέτᾰλον tò leontopétălon |
τὼ λεοντοπετᾰ́λω tṑ leontopetắlō |
τᾰ̀ λεοντοπέτᾰλᾰ tằ leontopétălă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λεοντοπέτᾰλον leontopétălon |
λεοντοπετᾰ́λω leontopetắlō |
λεοντοπέτᾰλᾰ leontopétălă | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (lion’s leaf): δῆμος (dêmos), κατᾰνάγκη (katănánkē), κῆμος (kêmos), λεοντοπόδῐον (leontopódĭon)
Descendants
- Latin: leontopetalon
Further reading
- “λεοντοπέτᾰλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λεοντοπέταλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette