Leontini
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Λεοντῖνοι, οἱ.
Man of Leontini: Λεοντῖνος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lĕontīni: ōrum, m., = Λεοντῖνοι,
I a very ancient town on the eastern side of Sicily, now Lentini, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; Liv. 24, 7, 2.—Hence,
II Lĕontīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leontini, Leontine: ager, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104; id. Phil. 2, 17, 43; id. Div. 1, 33, 73: campus, id. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47; id. Phil. 8, 8, 26; Sil. 14, 126.—Plur. subst.: Lĕontīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Leontini, Leontines, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Lĕontīnī,¹³ ōrum, m. (Λεοντῖνοι), Léontini ou Léontium [ville de Sicile] : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 160 ; Liv. 24, 7, 2 ; Plin. 3, 89 || -īnus, a, um, de Léontini : Cic. Phil. 2, 43 ; subst. m. pl., habitants de Léontini : Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 109.
Latin > German (Georges)
Leontīnī, ōrum, m. (Λεοντινοι), uralte Stadt auf der Ostseite Siziliens, j. Lentini, Cic. Verr. 2, 160. Liv. 24, 7, 2; 24, 30, 1 sqq. – Dav. Leontīnus, a, um (Λεοντινος), leontinisch, aus Leontini, ager, Cic.: campus, weite Ebene im Norden der Stadt, bes. wegen ihrer ungemeinen Fruchtbarkeit an Weizen berühmt, Cic. u.a. – subst., Leontīnī, ōrum, m., die Einw. von Leontini, die Leontiner, Cic.
