λέων

English (LSJ)

οντος, ὁ, Ep. dat. pl.

   A λείουσι Il.5.782, etc., λεόντεσσι IG12(2).285 (Mytil., prob.):—lion, ὠμοφάγοι λ. Il.l.c.; αἴθων 18.161; χαροποί Od.11.611; ὀρεσίτροφος 6.130, cf. Hdt.7.126; cf. λίς: metaph., of Artemis, σὲ λέοντα γυναιξὶ Ζεὺς θῆκεν Zeus made thee a lion toward women (because she was supposed to cause their sudden death), Il. 21.483; used of savage persons, A.Ch.938 (lyr.); but also, of brave men, Id.Ag.1259, E.Or.1401 (lyr.), 1555; of a baby, Ar.Th.514 (but by way of contrast, of a coward, λέοντ' ἄναλκιν, of Aegisthus, A.Ag. 1224); οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες, ἐν μάχῃ δ' ἀλώπεκες Ar.Pax1189 (lyr.); ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαι Pl.R.590b; ξυρεῖν ἐπιχειρεῖν λέοντα, of a dangerous undertaking, 'to bell the cat', ib.341c.    2 Leo, the sign in the Zodiac, Eudox. ap. Hipparch.1.2.8, Euc.Phaen.p.12 M., Arat.148, IG14.1307.    3 = λεοντῆ, lion's skin, Luc.Hist.Conscr.10.    4 as an ornament, BGU387ii5 (ii A.D.).    II a kind of crab, Diph.Siph. ap.Ath.3.106c, Ael.NA14.9.    III a kind of serpent, Nic.Th.463, f.l. in Artem.2.13.    IV = λεοντίασις, Aret.SD2.13.    V a kind of dance, Ath.14.629f, Poll.4.104.    VI title of grade of initiates in the mysteries of Mithras, Porph.Abst.4.16.    VII a sea-monster, Ael.NA9.49, Opp.H.1.367, Nonn.D.1.273.    VIII = ὀροβάγχη, Dsc.2.142, Gp.2.42 tit.