λεγεών
ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ → you can tell a fox by its tail, small traits give the clue to the character of a person
English (LSJ)
ῶνος, ἡ, = Lat.
A legio, Ev.Matt.26.53, Ev.Marc.5.9, Plu. Rom.13, 20, IGRom.3.670, al.:—freq. written λεγιών, ib.214.3, al.: —hence λεγιονάριος, ὁ, ib.913.3, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 21] ῶνος, ὁ, das lat. legio, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λεγεών: -ῶνος, ἡ, παρὰ Λατ. legio, Πλουτ. Ρωμ. 13 καὶ 20, Εὐαγγ. κ. Ματθ. κϛʹ, 56, κ. Μάρκ. Ε΄, 9, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 4750b, κ. ἀλλ.· συχνάκις δὲ φέρεται: λεγιών, αὐτόθι 1128, 1133, κ. ἀλλ.· - λεγιωνάριος, ὁ, αὐτόθι 2803. Ἦτο δὲ ἡ λεγεὼν στρατιωτικὸν σύνταγμα ἐκ Ρωμαίων πολιτῶν, τετρακισχιλίων μὲν πεζῶν, τριακοσίων δὲ ἱππέων· ἀλλ’ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν ἀνδρῶν ηὐξάνετο κατὰ τὰς περιστάσεις· ἀπολύτως ἐπὶ ἄλλων ἐθνῶν, τάγμα, φάλαγξ, στρατός.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ῶνος (ἡ) :
= lat. legio, légion.
English (Strong)
of Latin origin; a "legion", i.e. Roman regiment (figuratively): legion.
