λέων,οντος,ὁ, Ep. dat. pl.
A.
λείουσι
Il. 5.782
, etc., λεόντεσσι
IG 12(2).285
(Mytil., prob.):—lion,ὠμοφάγοι λ.Il.l.c.; αἴθων
18.161
; χαροποί
Od. 11.611
; ὀρεσίτροφος
6.130
, cf. Hdt. 7.126 ; cf.λίς: metaph., of Artemis,σὲ λέοντα γυναιξὶ Ζεὺς θῆκενZeus made thee aliontoward women (because she was supposed to cause their sudden death), Il. 21.483 ; used of savage persons, A. Ch. 938 (lyr.); but also, of brave men, Id. Ag. 1259 , E. Or. 1401 (lyr.), 1555 ; of a baby, Ar. Th. 514 (but by way of contrast, of a coward,λέοντ' ἄναλκιν, of Aegisthus, A. Ag. 1224 ); οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες, ἐν μάχῃ δ' ἀλώπεκες
Ar. Pax 1189
(lyr.); ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαι