English Explanatory Dictionary

Pantaleon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A saint, a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletianic Persecution of 305 AD.
  3. A Greek king of Bactria and India from the 2nd century BC.
noun
  1. A very large dulcimer, invented around 1700.

Word forms

Pantaleon Pantaleons

Etymology

* From Ancient Greek Πανταλέων (Pantaléōn) used as a personal name, stemming from παν- (pan-, “all, every”) and λέων (léōn, “lion”) (Klein). * As a Spanish surname, from Pantaleón. Compare Pantaleo. * The saint's name is of Ancient Greek origin, as described above or from παν- (pan-, “all, every”) and ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “merciful, compassionate”) (Littré).

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