LEONINE


Meaning of LEONINE in English

adj. & n.

adj. of Pope Leo; made or invented by Pope Leo.

n. (in pl.) leonine verse. Leonine City the part of Rome round the Vatican fortified by Pope Leo IV. leonine verse 1 medieval Latin verse in hexameter or elegiac metre with internal rhyme. 2 English verse with internal rhyme.

[ the name Leo (as LEONINE) ]

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