λεόπαρδος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πάρδος (párdos, “leopard, panther”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /le.ó.par.dos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /leˈo.par.dos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /leˈo.par.ðos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /leˈo.par.ðos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /leˈo.par.ðos/
Noun
λεόπαρδος • (leópardos) m (genitive λεοπάρδου); second declension
- may denote a leopard; at least after Pliny, a leopon/lipard (see also πάρδος/pard for the contemporary word for the leopard species)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λεόπαρδος ho leópardos |
τὼ λεοπάρδω tṑ leopárdō |
οἱ λεόπαρδοι hoi leópardoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λεοπάρδου toû leopárdou |
τοῖν λεοπάρδοιν toîn leopárdoin |
τῶν λεοπάρδων tôn leopárdōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λεοπάρδῳ tōî leopárdōi |
τοῖν λεοπάρδοιν toîn leopárdoin |
τοῖς λεοπάρδοις toîs leopárdois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λεόπαρδον tòn leópardon |
τὼ λεοπάρδω tṑ leopárdō |
τοὺς λεοπάρδους toùs leopárdous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λεόπαρδε leóparde |
λεοπάρδω leopárdō |
λεόπαρδοι leópardoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Bulgarian: леопа́рд (leopárd)
- → Greek: λεόπαρδος (leópardos) (learned)
- → Latin: leopardus (see there for further descendants)
- → Macedonian: леопард (leopard)
- → Old Ruthenian: леопардъ (leopard), лεѡпа́рдъ (lεopárd), лꙗмпа́ртъ (ljampárt), лемпа́ртъ (lempárt)
- → Russian: леопа́рд (leopárd)
- → Kazakh: леопард (leopard)
Further reading
- λεόπαρδος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “λεόπαρδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Noun
λεόπαρδος • (leópardos) m (plural λεόπαρδοι)
- obsolete form of λεοπάρδαλη (leopárdali) (leopard)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | λεόπαρδος (leópardos) | λεόπαρδοι (leópardoi) |
| genitive | λεοπάρδου (leopárdou) | λεοπάρδων (leopárdon) |
| accusative | λεόπαρδο (leópardo) | λεοπάρδους (leopárdous) |
| vocative | λεόπαρδε (leóparde) | λεόπαρδοι (leópardoi) |