panthera

See also: Panthera

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [panˈtʰeː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pan̪ˈt̪ɛː.ra]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάνθηρ (pánthēr).

Noun

panthēra f (genitive panthērae); first declension

1. a panther

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	panthēra	panthērae
genitive	panthērae	panthērārum
dative	panthērae	panthērīs
accusative	panthēram	panthērās
ablative	panthērā	panthērīs
vocative	panthēra	panthērae

Descendants

• → Belarusian: пантэ́ра (pantéra)
• → Bulgarian: панте́ра (pantéra)
• → Czech: panter
• → Dutch: panter
• → English: panther
• → Esperanto: pantero
• → Finnish: pantteri
• French: panthère
• Galician: pantera
• → Georgian: პანტერა (ṗanṭera)
• → German: Panther
• → Greek: πάνθηρας (pánthiras)
• → Hebrew: פַּנְתֵּר
• Italian: pantera
• → Japanese: パンサー
• → Latvian: pantera
• → Maori: panata
• Portuguese: pantera
• Spanish: pantera

References

“panthera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πανθήρα (panthḗra), which is probably from Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs, “all”) + θήρα (thḗra, “that which is hunted, game”).

Noun

panthēra f (genitive panthērae); first declension

1. the entire catch or capture by a hunter (e.g. of wildfowl)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	panthēra	panthērae
genitive	panthērae	panthērārum
dative	panthērae	panthērīs
accusative	panthēram	panthērās
ablative	panthērā	panthērīs
vocative	panthēra	panthērae

Descendants

• → Italian: pantiere
• Old French: pantiere
  • Anglo-Norman: panter
    • → Middle English: panter
      • English: panter (obsolete)
      • ⇒ English: pantle (obsolete, regional)
• Gascon: pantiera ⇒ pandèla
• ⇒ Occitan: pantena

References

“panthera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• “panthera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "panthera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “panthera”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.