Leocorion

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Lĕōcŏrĭon, i, n., = Λεωκόριον,

a temple in Athens , reared in honor of the three daughters of Leos, who suffered themselves to be sacrificed in order to avert a famine: Leoidum est delubrum Athenis, quod Leocorion nominatur, Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 50.