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Latin
Etymology
leō (“lion”, stem: leōn-) + -ātus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)
Pronunciation
Adjective
leōnātus (feminine leōnāta, neuter leōnātum); first/second-declension adjective
- (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