proper noun
Lĕōcŏrĭon
Meaning
- a temple in Athens
Lĕōcŏrĭon, i, n., = Λεωκόριον,
I. a temple in Athens, reared in honor of the three daughters of Leos, who suffered themselves to be sacrificed in order to avert a famine:
Leoidum est delubrum Athenis, quod Leocorion nominatur, Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 50.