Meanings
adjective
- Of, from or relating to Leontini
This embassy from Sicily to Athens is of high historical importance on account of the later events which it led to; but it clearly became much more famous on account of the share which the Leontine orator Gorgias was said to have had in it.
1892, Edward A. Freeman, The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times, volume 3, Oxford, page 629
Origin
- Ancient GreekΛεοντῖνος
- LatinLeontīnus
- EnglishLeontine
Borrowed from Latin Leontīnus, from Ancient Greek Λεοντῖνος (Leontînos).
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French léontin, Léontin
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Latin Leontīnus, Leontīnus
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APA
Leontine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leontine
MLA
“Leontine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leontine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Leontine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leontine.
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