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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λεοντώπολις (Leontṓpolis).
Proper noun
Leontōpolis f sg (genitive Leontōpolis); third declension
- A city of Lower Egypt on the delta of the Nile
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
References
- Leontopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Leontopolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly