leonticus

‡ † 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.

leonticus, a, um (λεοντικός), zum Löwen gehörig, Löwen-; subst., leontica, ōrum, n., Opfer für den in Löwengestalt dargestellten Mithras, Löwenopfer, Mithrasopfer, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 753.