Definition of Leo the lion

1. Noun. The fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22.

Exact synonyms: Leo, Lion
Generic synonyms: House, Mansion, Planetary House, Sign, Sign Of The Zodiac, Star Sign

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leo The Lion

Lentibulariaceae
Lentinus
Lentinus edodes
Lentinus lepideus
Lentivirinae
Lenz's law
Leo Delibes
Leo Esaki
Leo I
Leo III
Leo Minor
Leo Szilard
Leo Tolstoy
Leo X
Leo the Great
Leo the Lion
Leodensian
Leodensians
Leodiensian
Leodiensians
Leomania
Leon
Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Trotsky
Leona
Leonard
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bloomfield
Leonard Constant Lambert
Leonard Marx

Literary usage of Leo the lion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geography of the Heavens, and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, Thomas Dick, Hiram Mattison (1850)
"LEO. THE LION.—This is one of the most brilliant constellations in the winter hemisphere, and contains an ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"As the Nile inundations occurred when the sun was in the zodiacal constellation Leo, the lion was symbol of water; hence that animal is found in the ..."

3. A New and Comprehensive Gazetteerby George Newenham Wright by George Newenham Wright (1834)
"Leo, the Lion Jt un < 8. (9. ПО. r. Ml. 112- Vir«o, flic Virgin 21st May. 21st June. Summer Solstice. 23d July. ..."

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