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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Bahuvrīhi compound of θῡμός (thūmós, “soul”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰyː.mo.lé.ɔːn/ → /θy.moˈle.on/ → /θi.moˈle.on/
Adjective
θῡμολέων • (thūmoléōn) (masculine only, genitive θῡμολέοντος)
- (chiefly Epic) lion-hearted
Declension
θῡμολέων
thūmoléōn
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θῡμολέοντος
thūmoléontos
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θῡμολέοντῐ
thūmoléonti
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θῡμολέοντᾰ
thūmoléonta
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θῡμολέον
thūmoléon
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- Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
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Further reading
- “θυμολέων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θυμολέων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θυμολέων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θυμολέων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press