Λέων

See also: λέων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέων (léōn, “lion”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Λέων • (Léōn) m (genitive Λέοντος); third declension

  1. Leon, a Greek name meaning "lion"
  2. Leo, the Latin adaptation of the Greek name

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Λέων; τοῦ Λέοντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Λέων
ho Léōn
Genitive τοῦ Λέοντος
toû Léontos
Dative τῷ Λέοντῐ
tôi Léonti
Accusative τὸν Λέοντᾰ
tòn Léonta
Vocative Λέον
Léon
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
Descendants of Λέων
  • → Albanian: Leoni
  • → Arabic: لاون
  • → Bulgarian: Лъв (Lǎv)
  • → Catalan: Lleó
  • → Czech: Lev
  • → Danish: Leo
  • → Dutch: Leo
  • → English: Leo, Leon
  • → Estonian: Leo
  • → Finnish: Leo
  • → French: Léon, Léo
  • → Galician: León
  • → German: Leo
  • Greek: Λέων (Léon), Λέοντας (Léontas), Λιόντας (Lióntas)
  • → Hungarian: Leó
  • → Italian: Leone
  • → Japanese: レオ
  • → Korean: 레오 (re'o)
  • → Latin: Leo
  • → Old Armenian: Լեւոն (Lewon)
  • → Polish: Leon
  • → Portuguese: Leão
  • → Romanian: Leon
  • → Russian: Лев (Lev)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Лав
  • → Slovak: Lev
  • → Slovene: Leon
  • → Spanish: León
  • → Swedish: Leo

References

Greek

Proper noun

Λέων • (Léon) m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leo
  2. (astronomy, astrology) Leo (constellation & sign of the zodiac)

Declension
  Λέων
case     \     number singular
nominative Λέων •
genitive Λέοντος •
accusative Λέοντα •
vocative Λέων •

See also
Zodiac signs in Greek (layout · text)
Κριός (Kriós) Ταύρος (Távros) Δίδυμοι (Dídymoi) Καρκίνος (Karkínos)
Λέων (Léon) Παρθένος (Parthénos) Ζυγός (Zygós) Σκορπιός (Skorpiós)
Τοξότης (Toxótis) Αιγόκερως (Aigókeros) Υδροχόος (Ydrochóos) Ιχθύες (Ichthýes)

Further reading
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