A). λείουσι Il. 5.782 , etc., λεόντεσσι IG 12(2).285 (Mytil., prob.):—lion, ὠμοφάγοι λ. Il.l.c.; αἴθων 18.161 ; χαροποί Od. 11.611 ; ὀρεσίτροφος 6.130 , cf. Hdt. 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, A. Ch. 938 (lyr.); but also, of brave men, Id. Ag. 1259 , E. Or. 1401 (lyr.), 1555 ; of a baby, Ar. Th. 514 (but by way of contrast, of a coward, λέοντ’ ἄναλκιν, of Aegisthus, A. Ag. 1224 ); οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες, ἐν μάχῃ δ’ ἀλώπεκες Ar. Pax 1189 (lyr.); ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαι Pl. R. 590b ; ξυρεῖν ἐπιχειρεῖν λέοντα, of a dangerous undertaking, 'to bell the cat', ib. 341c .

2). Leo, the sign in the Zodiac, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.8 , Euc. Phaen. p.12 M., Arat. 148 , IG 14.1307 .

3). = λεοντῆ , lion's skin, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 10 .

4). as an ornament, BGU 387ii5 (ii A.D.).

II). a kind of crab, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.106c , Ael. NA 14.9 .

III). a kind of serpent, Nic. Th. 463 , f.l. in Artem. 2.13 .

IV). = λεοντίασις , Aret. SD 2.13 .

V). a kind of dance, Ath. 14.629f , Poll. 4.104 .

VI). title of grade of initiates in the mysteries of Mithras, Porph. Abst. 4.16 .

VII). a sea-monster, Ael. NA 9.49 , Opp. H. 1.367 , Nonn. D. 1.273 .

VIII). = ὀροβάγχη , Dsc. 2.142 , Gp. 2.42 tit.