camelopardalis

See also: Camelopardalis

Latin

Alternative forms

• camēlopardalus
• camēlopardus

Etymology

Romanized form of the Ancient Greek καμηλοπάρδαλις (kamēlopárdalis, “giraffe”), from κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”) (camelus) + πάρδαλις (párdalis, “leopard”), due to its having a long neck like a camel and spots like a leopard.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.meː.loˈpar.da.lis/, [kämeːɫ̪ɔˈpärd̪älʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.me.loˈpar.da.lis/, [kämeloˈpärd̪älis]

Noun

camēlopardalis f (genitive camēlopardalis or camēlopardaleōs or camēlopardalios); third declension

1. A giraffe, camelopard

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	camēlopardalis	camēlopardalēs camēlopardaleis
genitive	camēlopardalis camēlopardaleōs camēlopardalios	camēlopardalium
dative	camēlopardalī	camēlopardalibus
accusative	camēlopardalim camēlopardalin camēlopardalem1	camēlopardalēs camēlopardalīs
ablative	camēlopardalī camēlopardale1	camēlopardalibus
vocative	camēlopardalis camēlopardali	camēlopardalēs camēlopardaleis

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

• Italian: camelopardo
• French: chameaupard
• → Dutch: kameelpaard
  • → Afrikaans: kameelperd
• → English: camelopard
• → Swedish: kamelopard

See also

• camēlus

References

• “camelopardalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• camelopardalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.