leoninus

lĕōnīnus, a, um, adj. [2. leo], of or belonging to a lion, a lion's.

• I Lit.: concede audacter ab leonino cavo, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 47 (156): species, a lion-like appearance, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3: pellis, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 142: jubae, id. ib.: adeps, id. 24, 17, 102, § 165.—*
• II Trop.: leonina societas, a lion's partnership, i. e. in which one party gets all the profit and the other all the loss: Aristo refert: Cassium respondisse, societatem talem coiri non posse, ut alter lucrum tantum, alter damnum sentiret, et hanc societatem leoninam solitum appellare, Dig. 17, 2, 29, § 2.

1. leōnīnus, a, um (leo), zum Löwen gehörig, vom Löwen, eines Löwen, Löwen-, cavum, Löwenhöhle, Plaut.: species, Varro: iuba, Plin.: pellis, Plin. u.a.: rugitus, Iul. Val.: catuli, Val. Max.: in der Architektur, capita leonina scalpere, Vitr. – Bildl., societas, Löwengesellschaft (wenn der eine Teil bloß den Gewinn hat, den anderen bloß der Schaden trifft), Ulp. dig. 17, 2, 29. § 2.

leoninus [CL] 1 of a lion, lion-like. quid tu quoque ‥ catule ~e, Aureli Canine, agis? Gildas EB 30; qui prius ~a feritate fulminans ipsis omnia abstulerat, nunc mitis agnus ‥ omnia posse reddere letatur G. Mon. IV 5; [Robertus dux] ore ~us, corde leporinus H. Hunt. HA VIII 17; dum tamen penitus odor exulet ~us [w. allusion to 4 infra] Gerv. Melkley AV 220; truculentia ~a, rapacitate lupina Ad. Marsh Ep. 147 cap. 43; ~i pectoris animum erigit Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 64 p. 177. 2 (lepra ~a) kind of leprosy, leontiasis. W. Cant. Mir. Thom. IV 20; 1468 (v. alopecia a); lepra ‥ que est ex sanguine colerico adusto ‥ vocatur ~a Gilb. VII f. 340. 2; lepra cedit leonina, / sua victa medicina Garl. SM 304; lepre ‥ tercia species fit de colera adusta et vocatur ~a propter ferocitatem similem ferocitati leonis Gad. 45. 2. 3 (as sb. f.) base or counterfeit coin. Cf. leo 9b. s1299 mercatores ‥ introduxerant in Angliam monetas ‥ pessimi metalli ‥ aquilarum, ~arum, dormiencium et aliorum diversorum nominum W. Guisb. 333. 4 (of rhyme or verse) leonine, in which syllables before the caesural pause and at the end of the line rhyme. leonitas est consonantia in duabus ultimis sillabis. ‥ hec faciunt versus ~os, quos vix contingit in aliquo opere auctentico nisi casualiter invenire Gerv. Melkley AV 17; apposuit epitaphium scriptor, non ~a dictatum cantilena, sed simplici commendatum stilo Chr. Evesham 15; ~am consonantiam Garl. Mor. Scol. prol. (v. consonantia 1c). 5 Leonine, of the quarter of Rome fortified by Leo IV (ellipt. as sb. f.). Fredericus imperator ‥ ~am obsedit et cepit Trevet Ann. 59.

2 lĕōnīnus, a, um (leo), de lion : Varro R. 2, 9, 3 ; Plin. 37, 142 || [fig.] leonina societas Ulp. Dig. 17, 2, 29, 2, société dont un membre prend la part du lion.

leoninus , a, um. adj.
獅者。Leonina societas 不公道之約。

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