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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.
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), ...
Denebola, which marks the lion's tail, is at lower left; Zosma, on the Lion's back, is up and to the right of Denebola, while Chertan (Theta) is below and a bit to the right of Zosma.
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, ...
* (68/δ Leo) 2.56 Zosma [Zozma, Zozca, Zosca, Zubra] or Duhr [Dhur]
* (17/ε Leo) 2.97 Ras Elased [Ras Elased Australis] or Algenubi:*: Rās al-Āsad al-Jan"bii The southern one of the lion head ...
ALGIEBA (Gamma 1 Leo)
Zosma (Delta Leo)
Ras Elased Australis (Epsilon Leo)
Adhafera (Zeta Leo)
Chort (Theta Leo)
Al Minliar al Asad (Kappa Leo)
Alterf (Lambda Leo)
Ras Elased Borealis (Mu Leo)
Subra (Omicron Leo) ...
The eastern part of Leo is composed of a distinct triangle of stars, Denebola ( ), Chort ( ), and Zosma ( ).
Al Minliar al Asad (κ Leo), Alterf (λ Leo), Chort (Chertan, θ Leo), Ras Elased Australis (Algenubi, ε Leo), Ras Elased Borealis (Raslas, μ Leo), Regulus (α Leo), Shir (ρ Leo), Subra (ο Leo), Zosma ...
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: Leo, Star, Constellation, Deneb, Denebola
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