leopardus

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Latin

Etymology

Late Latin, from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πάρδος (párdos, “male panther”).

Pronunciation

Noun

leopardus m (genitive leopardī); second declension

  1. leopard

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative leopardus leopardī
Genitive leopardī leopardōrum
Dative leopardō leopardīs
Accusative leopardum leopardōs
Ablative leopardō leopardīs
Vocative leoparde leopardī

Descendants

  • → Catalan: lleopard
  • → French: léopard (learned)
  • → Old French: leopard (learned)
  • → German: Leopard (learned)
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *lēbard, *leupard (see there for further descendants)
  • → Italian: leopardo (learned)
  • → Irish: liopard
  • → Portuguese: leopardo (learned)
  • → Romanian: leopard (learned)
  • → Spanish: leopardo (learned)

References

  • “leopardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • leopardus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Noun

leopardus m

  1. accusative plural of leopards
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