adjective · rare

leonine

le·on·ine

leonine · more leonine · most leonine

левовий, левиний

львиный

Löwen-, löwenartig

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lionOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion; lionlike.

UK/ˈliːənaɪn/US/ˈliəˌnaɪn/

Meaning

4 senses

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion; lionlike.
Löwen-, löwenartig
льви́ныйlʹvínyj
ле́вовийlévovyj, леви́нийlevýnyj
of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion; lionlike.
Of a facies (“a person's facial features”): resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes leontiasis (“a medical condition characterized by an overgrowth of the cranial and facial bones”); also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.
leonine facies
(not comparable)Of or pertaining to one of the popes named Leo; specifically (in Leonine City), to Pope Leo IV (r. 847–855) who ordered the building of a wall around Vatican Hill to protect what is now Vatican City, or (in Leonine Prayers) to Pope Leo XIV (r. 2025–present).
(not comparable)Being or relating to a kind of medieval Latin verse, generally alternative hexameter and pentameter, with rhyming at the middle and end of a line (that is, internal rhyme); also (by extension), of or relating to modern verse having internal rhyme.
leonine rhyme

Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion:

Русский

By meaning 1

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion:

Origin

From Late Middle English leonin, leonine (“characteristic of a lion, lionlike”), from Old

From Late Middle English leonin, leonine (“characteristic of a lion, lionlike”), from Old French leonin, and from its etymon Latin leōnīnus (“of or pertaining to a lion”), from leō (“lion”) (from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn, “lion”); further etymology uncertain) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’).

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English leonin, leonine (“of or pertaining to a person named Leo; specifically Pope Leo IV”), from Latin leōnīnus, from Leo (“man’s name”) (from leo (“lion”): see etymology 1) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’).

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