leopardus

See also: Leopardus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫe.ɔˈpar.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [le.oˈpar.dus]

Noun

leopardus m (genitive leopardī); second declension

1. leopard

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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)
• → German: Leopard (learned)
• → Italian: leopardo (learned)
• → Proto-West Germanic: *lēbard, *leupard (see there for further descendants)
• → Old French: leopard (learned)
  • → Middle English: leopard
    • English: leopard
    • → Irish: liopard
  • → Welsh: llewpart
• → 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