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Leonine

Syllabification: (Le·o·nine)

Pronunciation: /ˈlēəˌnīn/

Definition of Leonine

adjective

1of or relating to one of the popes named Leo, especially Leo IV and the part of Rome that he fortified.

2 Prosody (of medieval Latin verse) in hexameter or elegiac meter with internal rhyme.
(of English verse) with internal rhyme.

noun

(Leonines) Prosody

Leonine verse.

Origin:

late Middle English: from the name Leo, from Latin leo 'lion'. sense 2 of the adjective may be from the name of a medieval poet, but his identity is not known