LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Lĕontĭum

Meaning

  1. an Athenian hetæra, a friend of Epicurus

Lĕontĭum, i, f., = Λεόντιον,
I. an Athenian hetæra, a friend of Epicurus, Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

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What does Lĕontĭum mean in Latin?
Lĕontĭum, a proper noun, means “an Athenian hetæra, a friend of Epicurus”.