leonatus

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See also: Leonatus

Latin

Etymology

leō (lion, stem: leōn-) +‎ -ātus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)

Pronunciation

Adjective

leōnātus (feminine leōnāta, neuter leōnātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Medieval Latin) decorated with figures of lions

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

References

  • leonatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • leonatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • leonatus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “leonatus (adj.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 597/1