Naming & Etymology
The word “lion” which is similar in many languages – leo (Latin), leon (Greek), lavi (Hebrew) and rw (Ancient Egyptian).
Carolus Linnaeus in his published work Systema Naturae (1735) described the lion as Felis leo. The classification includes the word Panthera, this made up of two Greek words – pan, which means all and the word ther meaning beast. It is also reported that word panthera may have come East Asian origins and this would mean a yellowish or whitish-yellow animal.
The term volatilis comes from the Latin for winged and refers to the creature's wings.
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