leonine

Etymology 1
From Late, , from , and from its , from  (from ; further etymology uncertain) +.

Adjective

 * Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion; lionlike.
 * 1)  Of a : resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes ; also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.
 * 1)  Of a : resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes ; also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.
 * 1)  Of a : resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes ; also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.
 * 1)  Of a : resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes ; also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.
 * 1)  Of a : resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes ; also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.
 * 1)  Of a : resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes ; also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.
 * 1)  Of a : resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes ; also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.
 * 1)  Of a : resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes ; also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.
 * 1)  Of a : resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes ; also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: лъвски
 * Catalan: lleoní
 * Czech:
 * Danish: løve-
 * Dutch: leeuwen-
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: leijonamainen
 * French:
 * German:, löwenartig
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:, kesingaan
 * Manx: lionagh
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, leónico
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: ле́вовий, леви́ний


 * Finnish: leijonamainen
 * Macedonian:

Etymology 2
The is derived from Late, , from , from  (from : see etymology 1) +.

(“being or relating to a kind of verse with internal rhyme”) is said to refer to a (possibly apocryphal) medieval monk named Leo or Leonius who composed verse with this characteristic; his identity is uncertain, but the composer (also known as Leo, Leoninus, or Leonius; flourished 1135s–1201) has been suggested. Alternatively, the word may refer to (–683): see the c. 1760–1761 quotation.

The is derived from the adjective.

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to one of the popes named Leo; specifically (in Leonine City), to  (790–855) who ordered the building of a wall around Vatican Hill to protect what is now Vatican City.
 * 2)  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, of or relating to modern verse having internal rhyme.
 * 1)  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, of or relating to modern verse having internal rhyme.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: leoniininen
 * Macedonian:

Noun

 * 1)  Chiefly in the :

Etymology 3
+ English. is a  form of  (see etymology 1), and may refer to the use of a lion motif on the coin: see the 1787 quotation.

Noun

 * 1)  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).

Translations

 * Macedonian: