I.a lion.
I. Lit.: “validus,” Lucr. 5, 985: “fulvus,” Ov. H. 10, 85: “ferus,” id. M. 7, 373: “magnanimus,” id. Tr. 3, 5, 33: “leoni praecipua generositas,” Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 42: “Gaetulus,” Verg. A. 5, 351: “Poenus,” id. E. 5, 27: “Phrygius,” id. A. 10, 157: “fulvus,” id. ib. 4, 159: “leonum animi index cauda,” Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 42: “leo alumnus,” Juv. 14, 247: “pardus, tigris, leo— si quid adhuc est quod fremat in terris violentius,” id. 8, 36: leo femina, a she-lion, lioness (for leaena), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Philarg. Verg. E. 2, 63.—Without femina: “orbati leones,” Stat. S. 2, 1, 9; Val. Fl. 6, 317.—
II. Transf.
A. A lion's skin, Val. Fl. 8, 126.—
B. The constellation Leo: “momenta Leonis,” Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16: “cum sol in Leone est,” Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 162: “in pectore Leonis,” id. 18, 26, 64, § 235.—
C. A kind of crab, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97.—
D. A plant, perhaps lion's-foot, Col. 10, 260; 98.—