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leopardus

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See also: Leopardus

Latin

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Etymology

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Late Latin, from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos), from λέων (léōn, lion) + πάρδος (párdos, male panther).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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leopardus m (genitive leopardī); second declension

  1. leopard

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative leopardus leopardī
genitive leopardī leopardōrum
dative leopardō leopardīs
accusative leopardum leopardōs
ablative leopardō leopardīs
vocative leoparde leopardī

Descendants

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  • Catalan: lleopard
  • French: léopard (learned)
  • Old French: leopard (learned)
  • German: Leopard (learned)
  • Proto-West Germanic: *lēbard, *leupard (see there for further descendants)
  • Italian: leopardo (learned)
  • Irish: liopard
  • Portuguese: leopardo (learned)
  • Romanian: leopard (learned)
  • Spanish: leopardo (learned)

References

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  • 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

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Noun

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leopardus m

  1. accusative plural of leopards