καμηλοπάρδαλις

See also: Καμηλοπάρδαλις

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 13 June 2018

Etymology

From κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”) +‎ πάρδαλις (párdalis, “leopard”); from the fact that a giraffe has a long neck like a camel and is spotted like a leopard.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.mɛː.lo.pár.da.lis/ → /ka.mi.loˈpar.ða.lis/ → /ka.mi.loˈpar.ða.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.mɛː.lo.pár.da.lis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.me̝.loˈpar.da.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.mi.loˈpar.ða.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.mi.loˈpar.ða.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.mi.loˈpar.ða.lis/

Noun

κᾰμηλοπάρδᾰλῐς • (kamēlopárdalis) f (genitive κᾰμηλοπαρδάλεως); third declension

1. giraffe

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ καμηλοπάρδαλῐς; τῆς καμηλοπαρδάλεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ καμηλοπάρδαλῐς hē kamēlopárdalis	τὼ καμηλοπαρδάλει tṑ kamēlopardálei	αἱ καμηλοπαρδάλεις hai kamēlopardáleis
Genitive	τῆς καμηλοπαρδάλεως tês kamēlopardáleōs	τοῖν καμηλοπαρδαλέοιν toîn kamēlopardaléoin	τῶν καμηλοπαρδάλεων tôn kamēlopardáleōn
Dative	τῇ καμηλοπαρδάλει têi kamēlopardálei	τοῖν καμηλοπαρδαλέοιν toîn kamēlopardaléoin	ταῖς καμηλοπαρδάλεσῐ / καμηλοπαρδάλεσῐν taîs kamēlopardálesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν καμηλοπάρδαλῐν tḕn kamēlopárdalin	τὼ καμηλοπαρδάλει tṑ kamēlopardálei	τᾱ̀ς καμηλοπαρδάλεις tā̀s kamēlopardáleis
Vocative	καμηλοπάρδαλῐ kamēlopárdali	καμηλοπαρδάλει kamēlopardálei	καμηλοπαρδάλεις kamēlopardáleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: καμηλοπάρδαλη (kamilopárdali)
• → Latin: camēlopardalis
  • Italian: camelopardo
  • French: chameaupard
  • → Afrikaans: kameelperd
  • → English: camelopard
  • → Swedish: kamelopard
• → Old Georgian: აქლემ-ვეფხი (aklem-vepxi) (partial calque)

Further reading

• “καμηλοπάρδαλις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καμηλοπάρδαλις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette