leopardus

See also: Leopardus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /le.oˈpar.dus/, [ɫ̪eɔˈpärd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /le.oˈpar.dus/, [leoˈpärd̪us]

Noun

leopardus m (genitive leopardī); second declension

1. leopard

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leopardus	leopardī
Genitive	leopardī	leopardōrum
Dative	leopardō	leopardīs
Accusative	leopardum	leopardōs
Ablative	leopardō	leopardīs
Vocative	leoparde	leopardī

Descendants

• Dutch: luipaard
• English: leopard
• French: léopard
• German: Leopard

• Irish: liopard
• Italian: leopardo
• Romanian: leopard
• Spanish: leopardo

References

• “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.

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Latvian

Noun

leopardus m

1. (deprecated template usage) accusative plural form of leopards