Delta Leonis is "Zosma", a Greek word meaning girdle.
Lambda Leonis is Alterf, apparently meaning "extremity". It's located right at the tip of the lion's mouth.
The stars delta Leonis, gamma Leonis, eta Leonis, and theta Leonis form the body of the lion, with gamma Leonis being of the second magnitude and delta Leonis and theta Leonis being of the third magnitude.
It is located in the northeastern corner (11:42:11.1+26:42:23.7, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Leo, the Lion -- northeast of Zosma (Delta Leonis) and Coxa (Theta Leonis), north of Denebola (Beta Leonis), ...
Other notable stars in Leo include [4808] delta Leonis, also known as Zosma ("girdle") and Duhr, a main sequence star located at the lion's hip, [4810] epsilon Leonis, ...
Zosma = Delta Leonis
Algenubi = Epsilon Leonis
Adhafera = Zeta Leonis
Eta Leo = Eta Leonis
Chertan = Theta Leonis
Rasalas = Mu Leonis
Subra = Omicron Leonis &
Rho Leo = Rho Leonis
R Leo = R Leonis & ...
Deneb Kaitos Schemali Iota Ceti
Denebola Beta Leonis
Dheneb Eta Ceti
Diadem Alpha Comae Berenices
Diphda Beta Ceti
Dnoces Iota Ursae Majoris
Dschubba Delta Scorpii
Dubhe Alpha Ursae Majoris
Duhr Delta Leonis ...
Gamma Leonis is a celebrated double star, consisting of a pair of yellow giant stars divisible in small telescopes. Delta Leonis is called Zosma from a Greek word meaning ‘girdle' or ‘loin cloth', ...
 See also: Denebola, Beta Leonis, Delta, Sky, Star
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