Leontopolis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λεοντώπολις (Leontṓpolis).

Proper noun

Leontōpolis f sg (genitive Leontōpolis); third declension

1. A city of Lower Egypt on the delta of the Nile

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Leontōpolis
genitive	Leontōpolis
dative	Leontōpolī
accusative	Leontōpolim Leontōpolin
ablative	Leontōpolī
vocative	Leontōpolis Leontōpolī
locative	Leontōpolī

Related terms

• Leontōpolītēs

References

• Leontopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Leontopolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly