λέων
leon
Appears 19 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λέων, οντος, ὁ, Ep. dat. pl. λείουσι Il. 5.782, etc., λεόντεσσι IG 12(2).285 (Mytil., prob.):—A. lion, ὠμοφάγοι λ. Il. l.c.; αἴθων 18.161; χαροποί Od. 11.611; ὀρεσίτροφος 6.130, cf. 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, Ch. 938 (lyr.); but also, of brave men, Ag. 1259, Or. 1401 (lyr.), 1555; of a baby, Th. 514 (but by way of contrast, of a coward, λέοντʼ ἄναλκιν, of Aegisthus, Ag. 1224); οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες, ἐν μάχῃ δʼ ἀλώπεκες Pax 1189 (lyr.); ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαι R. 590b; ξυρεῖν ἐπιχειρεῖν λέοντα, of a dangerous undertaking, ‘to bell the cat’, ib.341c. 2. Leo, the sign in the Zodiac, ap. 1.2.8, Phaen.p.12 M., 148, IG 14.1307. 3. = λεοντῆ, lionʼs skin, Hist.Conscr. 10. 4. as an ornament, BGU 387ii5 (ii A.D.). II. a kind of crab, ap. 3.106c, NA 14.9. III. a kind of serpent, Th. 463, f.l. in 2.13. IV. = λεοντίασις, SD 2.13. V. a kind of dance, 14.629f, 4.104. VI. title of grade of initiates in the mysteries of Mithras, Abst. 4.16. VII. a sea-monster, NA 9.49, H. 1.367, D. 1.273. VIII. = ὀροβάγχη, 2.142, Gp. 2.42 tit.
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