1
- of or relating to one of the popes named Leo, especially the part of Rome fortified by Leo Ⅳ（与）利奥教皇（有关）的（尤指与教皇利奥四世修筑加固的部分罗马城有关的）。
2
- Prosody (of medieval Latin verse) in hexameter or elegiac metre with internal rhyme【诗韵】利奥体诗的（指中世纪拉丁诗体, 六步韵或中间韵的挽歌格律）。
2.1
- (of English verse) with internal rhyme（英诗）中间韵的。
plural noun
Leonines
- Prosody verse of this type【诗韵】利奥体诗。
词源
late Middle English: from the name Leo, from Latin leo 'lion'. Sense 2 may be from the name of a medieval poet， but his identity is not known.