leunculus

== Latin == === Etymology === From leō (“lion”) + -culus (diminutive suffix). === Noun === leunculus m (genitive leunculī); second declension diminutive of leō (“lion”): small representation or figure of a lion (e.g. carved) young lion, lion cub ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “leunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “leunculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. leunculus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016