leopardus
See also: Leopardus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Late Latin, from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πάρδος (párdos, “male panther”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /le.oˈpar.dus/, [ɫ̪eɔˈpärd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /le.oˈpar.dus/, [leoˈpärd̪us]
Noun edit
leopardus m (genitive leopardī); second declension
Declension edit
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 edit
- → 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 edit
- “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 edit
Noun edit
leopardus m