καμηλοπάρδαλις

See also: Καμηλοπάρδαλις

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 13 June 2018

Etymology

From κᾰ́μηλος (kắmēlos, “camel”) +‎ πᾰ́ρδᾰλῐς (pắrdălĭs, “leopard”);^[1] from the fact that a giraffe has a long neck like a camel and is spotted like a leopard.

Pronunciation

(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

κᾰμηλοπᾰ́ρδᾰλῐς • (kămēlopắrdălĭs) f (genitive κᾰμηλοπαρδάλεως); third declension

giraffe

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κᾰμηλοπᾰ́ρδᾰλῐς; τῆς κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰ́λεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰμηλοπᾰ́ρδᾰλῐς hē kămēlopắrdălĭs	τὼ κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰ́λει tṑ kămēlopărdắlei	αἱ κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰ́λεις hai kămēlopărdắleis
Genitive	τῆς κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰ́λεως tês kămēlopărdắleōs	τοῖν κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰλέοιν toîn kămēlopărdăléoin	τῶν κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰ́λεων tôn kămēlopărdắleōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰ́λει tēî kămēlopărdắlei	τοῖν κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰλέοιν toîn kămēlopărdăléoin	ταῖς κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰ́λεσῐ / κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰ́λεσῐν taîs kămēlopărdắlesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰμηλοπᾰ́ρδᾰλῐν tḕn kămēlopắrdălĭn	τὼ κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰ́λει tṑ kămēlopărdắlei	τᾱ̀ς κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰ́λεις tā̀s kămēlopărdắleis
Vocative	κᾰμηλοπᾰ́ρδᾰλῐ kămēlopắrdălĭ	κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰ́λει kămēlopărdắlei	κᾰμηλοπᾰρδᾰ́λεις kămēlopărdắleis
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
- → Dutch: kameelpaard
  - → Afrikaans: kameelperd
- → English: camelopard
- → Swedish: kamelopard
→ Old Georgian: აქლემ-ვეფხი (aklem-vepxi) (partial calque)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κάμηλος (> COMP > καμηλο-πάρδαλις)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 630