noun · femininefirst declension
leaena1
leaena f (genitive leaenae)
Classical[ɫeˈae̯.na]Ecclesiastical[leˈɛː.na]
Meaning
- femininelioness
Dīcit piger: Leaena in viā, leō in itineribus. [Text reordered in later editions; see below.]
c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.26.13Dīcit piger: Leō est in viā, et leaena in itineribus.
The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.1592 CE, Sixto-Clementine Vulgate, Proverbs 26.13
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
fēmina leōnisleaena -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 9
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | leaena | leaenae |
| genitive | leaenae | leaenārum |
| dative | leaenae | leaenīs |
| accusative | leaenam | leaenās |
| ablative | leaenā | leaenīs |
| vocative | leaena | leaenae |
lĕaena, ae, f., = λέαινα,
I. a lioness: statuerunt aeream leaenam, Cic. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45; Gell. 13, 7, 1; Tib. 3, 4, 90; Verg. E. 2, 63; id. G. 3, 245; 4, 408; Ov. M. 4, 97; 514; 9, 615; 13, 547; Cat. 64, 154.
Lĕaena, ae, f., = Λέαινα,
I. an heroic courtesan of Athens, in the time of Harmodius and Aristogīton, Plin. 7, 23, 23, § 87; 34, 8, 19, § 72; Lact. 1, 20.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
leaena ae, f
, λέαινα, a lioness: cum prole, O., V, H., Ct.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λέαινα (léaina).
Descendants
- Italianleena
- Portugueseleoa
- Galicianleoa