Leontes

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λέοντες (Léontes).

View of the river

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Leontēs m sg (genitive Leontae); first declension

  1. A river in Phoenicia, mentioned by Ptolemy, now the Litani River

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Leontēs
Genitive Leontae
Dative Leontae
Accusative Leontēn
Ablative Leontē
Vocative Leontē

References

  • Leontes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly