Leo

[Lat.=a lion; Gr. leōn =a lion.] 1. Astronomy: (1) The Lion, one of the twelve zodiacal constellations in the midnight sky of spring. It is bounded on the north by Leo Minor, on the east by Virgo, on the south by Sextans, and on the west by Cancer. It contains about a hundred stars visible to the naked eye. Its chief star is Regulus; this and Gamma Leonis, with some smaller stars, form a figure like a sickle. From its vicinity the November meteors radiate. (2) The fifth sign of the zodiac, being between 120° and 150° of the ecliptic, reckoning from the vernal equinox. Owing to "prece ion" it now be gins in the constellation Cancer. The sun enters the sign Leo about July 21st. *2. Zool.: A genus or sub-genus of Felide. In this cla ification the Lion is called Leo nobilis instead of Felis leo . [LION.] Leo minor, 8. Astron.: The Le er Lion, a constellation formed by Hevelius, about 1691, out of the part of the heavens between Leo and Ursa Major. It is surrounded by Ursa Major, Lynx, Cancer, and Leo. None of the stars quite reach the fourth magnitude. *leod, *lede, s. [A. S. leod =a man; leode = people; Icel. liodhr , lydhr ; O. L. Ger. lind .] A man, a person, a people, a nation. " Leode nere thar nane."- Layamon , 1,118. *leod-bishop, *leod-bischop, s. A diocesan. *leod-like, #leod-lic, a. Populous. *leod-ish, *led-isch, a. [LEOD.] Populous. *leof, a . [A. S. leof : O. L. Ger. liof ; Icel. liufr .] Dear, beloved, pleasant. [LIEF.] IMG:content-0484.png:[blocks in formation]