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leontocephalic

leontocephalic adjective: lion-headed.

Adjective

leontocephalic (comparative more leontocephalic, superlative most leontocephalic)

  1. lion-headed
    • In this spell, a falcon is said to drop a stone to the ritualist, and it should be engraved with the figure of the leontocephalic Helios-Horus, described as an aerial spirit, encircled by an ouroboros.2018, Christian H. Bull, The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus, page 341
    • It is not necessary to follow C. Blinkenberg […] to see the extraordinary resemblance between this figure of the Gorgon and that of the Mithraic leontocephalic god, whose body also has wings and is entwined with a snake.1991, David Ulansey, The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries, page 32

Forms of leontocephalic

comparativemore leontocephalic
superlativemost leontocephalic

Origin of leontocephalic

From (combining form of) Ancient Greek λέων (léōn, “lion”) + -cephalic.

Questions about leontocephalic

What does leontocephalic mean?
Leontocephalic means lion-headed.
What part of speech is leontocephalic?
Leontocephalic is an adjective.

Words near leontocephalic in the dictionary

  1. Leontines
  2. Leontini
  3. leontiniid
  4. leontiniids
  5. Leontiy
  6. leontocephalic
  7. leontomorphic
  8. leonurine
  9. leopard
  10. leopard bush fish
  11. leopard cat

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