leonine

adjective · nounB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more leoninemost leonine

Superlative

Leonine

1.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion; lionlike.
Đồng nghĩa: lionesque, lionly
2.
(not comparable)Of or pertaining to one of the popes named Leo; specifically (in Leonine City), to Pope Leo IV (r. 847–855) who ordered the building of a wall around Vatican Hill to protect what is now Vatican City, or (in Leonine Prayers) to Pope Leo XIII (r. 1878–1903).
3.
(not comparable)(poetry) Being or relating to a kind of medieval Latin verse, generally alternative hexameter and pentameter, with rhyming at the middle and end of a line (that is, internal rhyme); also (by extension), of or relating to modern verse having internal rhyme.
leonine rhyme

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

leoninesLeoninelionine

1.
(in plural)(poetry, chiefly in the plural) Synonym of Leonine verse (“a kind of medieval Latin verse, generally alternative hexameter and pentameter, with rhyming at the middle and end of a line (that is, internal rhyme)”).
Đồng nghĩa: Leonine verse
2.
(historical)(numismatics, historical) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny; it was outlawed under Edward I (reigned 1272–1307).

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

lionesquelionlyLeonine verse

Cùng gốc / liên quan

leoninityleoninelyleonine share

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Late Middle English leonin,leonine (characteristic of a lion, lionlike), from Old French leonin, and from its etymon Latin leōnīnus (of or pertaining to a lion), from leō (lion) (from Ancient Greek λέων (lion); further etymology uncertain) + -īnus.