leonticus

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

‡ † lĕontĭcus, a, um, adj., = λεοντικός,

of or belonging to a lion : SACRA, the offerings made to Mithras, who was represented under the form of a lion (cf. Arn. 6, 196; cf. also 3. Leo), Inscr. Orell. 2345; 2343.