Lewis Short
lĕa (noun F) : leo
* A lioness (poet. for leaena): panthera et lea, Varr. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. E. 2, 63; * Lucr. 5, 1318: pectus et ora leae,Ov. M. 9, 648: hirsutae,id. F. 5, 176; id. M. 14, 255: saeva,id. ib. 4, 102.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary