lea

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

lĕa, ae, f. [leo],

a lioness (poet. for leaena): panthera et lea, Varr. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. E. 2, 63; * Lucr. 5, 1318: pectus et ora leae, Ov. M. 9, 648: hirsutae, id. F. 5, 176; id. M. 14, 255: saeva, id. ib. 4, 102.

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