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.d̪us]

Noun

leopardus m (genitive leopardī); second declension

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)
→ Irish: liopard
→ Old French: leopard (learned)
→ 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

accusative plural of leopards