λεόπαρδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέων (léōn, “lion”) +‎ πάρδος (párdos, “leopard, panther”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.ó.par.dos/ → /leˈo.par.ðos/ → /leˈo.par.ðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.ó.par.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /leˈo.par.dos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leˈo.par.ðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /leˈo.par.ðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /leˈo.par.ðos/

Noun

λεόπαρδος • (leópardos) m (genitive λεοπάρδου); second declension

1. may denote a leopard; at least after Pliny, a leopon/lipard (see also πάρδος/pard for the contemporary word for the leopard species)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ λεόπαρδος; τοῦ λεοπάρδου (Attic)

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 tôi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: леопа́рд (leopárd)
• Greek: λεόπαρδος (leópardos)
• → Latin: leopardus (see there for further descendants)
• → Macedonian: леопард (leopard)
• → Old Ruthenian: леопардъ (leopard), лεѡпа́рдъ (lεopárd), лꙗмпа́ртъ (ljampárt), лемпа́ртъ (lempárt)
  • Belarusian: леапа́рд (ljeapárd)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: леопа́рд (leopárd)
  • Ukrainian: леопа́рд (leopárd)
• → 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)

1. Obsolete form of λεοπάρδαλη (leopárdali) (leopard)

Declension

Declension of λεόπαρδος

	singular	plural
nominative	λεόπαρδος (leópardos)	λεόπαρδοι (leópardoi)
genitive	λεοπάρδου (leopárdou)	λεοπάρδων (leopárdon)
accusative	λεόπαρδο (leópardo)	λεοπάρδους (leopárdous)
vocative	λεόπαρδε (leóparde)	λεόπαρδοι (leópardoi)