Λεοντῖνοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.on.tîː.noi̯/ → /le.onˈti.ny/ → /le.onˈdi.ni/

• (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

1. 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)

1. nominative/vocative plural of Λεοντῖνος (Leontînos)