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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λεοντῖνοι (Leontînoi).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Leontīnī m pl (genitive Leontīnōrum); second declension
- A city in Sicily situated between Catana and Syracusae, birthplace of Gorgias, now Lentini
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “Leontini”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Leontini in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.