Λέων

See also: λέων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέων (léōn, “lion”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lé.ɔːn/ → /ˈle.on/ → /ˈle.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lé.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈle.on/

Proper noun

Λέων • (Léōn) m (genitive Λέοντος); third declension

1. Leon, a Greek name meaning "lion"
2. Leo, the Latin adaptation of the Greek name

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Λέων; τοῦ Λέοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λέων ho Léōn
Genitive	τοῦ Λέοντος toû Léontos
Dative	τῷ Λέοντῐ tôi Léonti
Accusative	τὸν Λέοντᾰ tòn Léonta
Vocative	Λέον Léon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants of Λέων

• → Albanian: Leoni
• → Arabic: لاون
• → Bulgarian: Лъв (Lǎv)
• → Catalan: Lleó
• → Czech: Lev
• → Danish: Leo
• → Dutch: Leo
• → English: Leo, Leon
• → Estonian: Leo
• → Finnish: Leo
• → French: Léon, Léo
• → Galician: León
• → German: Leo
• Greek: Λέων (Léon), Λέοντας (Léontas), Λιόντας (Lióntas)
• → Hungarian: Leó
• → Italian: Leone
• → Japanese: レオ
• → Korean: 레오 (re'o)
• → Latin: Leo
• → Old Armenian: Լեւոն (Lewon)
  • Armenian: Լեւոն (Lewon)
• → Polish: Leon
• → Portuguese: Leão
• → Romanian: Leon
• → Russian: Лев (Lev)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Лав
• → Slovak: Lev
• → Slovene: Leon
• → Spanish: León
• → Swedish: Leo

References

• Λέων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

Greek

Proper noun

Λέων • (Léon) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leo
2. (astronomy, astrology) Leo (constellation & sign of the zodiac)

Declension

	singular
nominative	Λέων (Léon)
genitive	Λέοντος (Léontos)
accusative	Λέοντα (Léonta)
vocative	Λέων (Léon)

See also

Zodiac signs in Greek (layout · text)
Κριός (Kriós)	Ταύρος (Távros)	Δίδυμοι (Dídymoi)	Καρκίνος (Karkínos)
Λέων (Léon)	Παρθένος (Parthénos)	Ζυγός (Zygós)	Σκορπιός (Skorpiós)
Τοξότης (Toxótis)	Αιγόκερως (Aigókeros)	Υδροχόος (Ydrochóos)	Ιχθύες (Ichthýes)

Further reading

• Λέων on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el