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leonis

leonis is a Latin form of leo, meaning “lion”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun.

Found 76 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Officiis 1.41: … iusta praebenda. Cum autem duobus modis, id est aut vi aut fraude, fiat iniuria, fraus quasi vulpeculae, vis leonis videtur; utrumque homine alienissimum, sed fraus odio digna maiore. Totius autem iniustitiae nulla capitalior …

Ovid, Fasti 1.655: Sidere ab hoc ignis venienti nocte, Leonis

All forms of leo (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.