leonine
(a.)獅子的,獅子般的,羅馬教皇Leo的
le·o·nine /ˈlɪəˌnaɪn/ 形容詞
黃褐色的
Le·o·nine a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine rapacity. -- Le*o*nine*ly, adv.
Leonine verse, a kind of verse, in which the end of the line rhymes with the middle; -- so named from Leo, or Leoninus, a Benedictine and canon of Paris in the twelfth century, who wrote largely in this measure, though he was not the inventor. The following line is an example:
Gloria factorum temere conceditur horum.
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leonine
adj : of or characteristic of or resembling a lion