- πάρδαλις
- πάρδαλις (πόρδ-), -ιος, -εωςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `pardel, panther, leopard' (Il.); also as name of a fish of prey (Ael., Opp.; after the colour, Strömberg Fischn. 107), of a bird, perh. `red-backed shrike, Lanius' (Thompson Birds s.v.; Arist. [-λος], H.).Compounds: Some compp., e.g. παρδαλή-φορος `borne by a p.' (S. Fr.11), καμηλο-πάρδαλις f. `giraffe' (Agatharch., LXX).Derivatives: παρδαλ-έη, -έα, -ῆ f. `pelt of a panther' (Il.), -ια n. pl. `panthers' (Arist.), -ιδεύς m. `young p.' (Eust.; Bosshardt 79), -ε(ι)ος `belonging to the p., p.-like' (Arist.), -ώδης `p.-like' (Ath.), -ωτός `spotted like a p.' (Luc.). -- πάρδος m. `id.' (Ael. NA 1,31 [v.l. πάρδαλος]); as 2. member in λεόπαρδος, s.v. Formation like δάμαλις; further remote κνώδαλον, ἔταλον, ἴξαλος a.o.Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Iran.XEtymology: LW [loanword] from unknown oriental source. Here belong a.o. several Iranian words for `panther, leopard', e.g. Sogd. pwrđnk, Pashto pṛāng, NP. palang; from Iran. prob. Skt. (lex.) pr̥dāku- m. `id.'. With late and rare πάρδος agrees Lat. pardus (Lucan.), which can be a Lat. backformation from πάρδαλις (so πάρδος from Lat.?). From Lat. pardus, πάρδος Russ. pardus `panther'; besides also Russ. bars `id.' (from Turcotatar.). Details w. lit. in W.-Hofmann, Mayrhofer, Vasmer s. vv. and in Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 147. -- Cf. πάνθηρ. H's statement that πόρδαλις is the male, πάρδαλις the female, will be a sec. distinction.Page in Frisk: 2,473
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