λεοντό-παρδος

λεοντό-παρδος, ὁ, der Leopard, sonst λεόπαρδος

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `lion' (Il.), dat. pl. also λείουσι (Il.; metr. length., cf. Schwyzer 571, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 102),

Dialectal forms: Myc. instr. rewopi \/lewomphi\/, rewotejo \/lewonteios\/

Compounds: Compp., e.g λεοντό-πους `lionfooted' (E., inscr.) with λεοντο-πόδιον plantname (Dsc.; cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 42), χαμαι-λέων `lizard, `Chamaileon' (Arist.; Risch IF 59, 256), also as plantn. (Thphr., Dsc.; because of the changing colour, Strömberg 110); on - λέων, - λέωνος in PN (second.) Bechtel Hist. Personenn. 277. Cf. on λεό-παρδος.

Derivatives: 1. Diminut.: λεόντ-ιον (Theognost. Can., Med.), - άριον (inscr., pap.), also as f. PN (Epicur), - ίς `lion-like ornament' (Lydia), - ιδεύς `young lion' (Ael., Boßhardt 126). 2. λεοντέη, - τῆ f. `lion skin' (IA.). - 3. Adj. λεόντ-ειος `of a lion, lionlike' (A., Theoc., AP), ; - ώδης `lionlike' (Pl., Arist.), - ικός `of a lion' (Porph.), - ιανός `born under the sign of a lion' ( Cat. Cod. Astr.). 4. Adv. λεοντ-ηδόν `like a lion' (LXX; Schwyzer 626). - 5. λεοντ-ιάω with - ίασις name of a disease (medic.; after ἐλεφαντ-ιάω, - ίασις). - 6. PN Λεοντ-εύς, - ίας etc., s. Boßhardt 72, Bechtel Hist. Personennamen 276 f., Namenst. 36. - Fem. λέαινα `lioness' (Hdt., A., Ar.). Acc. to λέαινα λέων was like δράκων a. o. orig. an n-stem (diff Specht KZ 63, 221: sec. loss of dental in λέαινα).

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] SemitX

Etymology: LW [loanword] of unknown source; Hebr. lābī', Assyr. labbu, Egypt. labu are rather diff. phonetcally. From λέων Lat. leō, - ōnis (n-stem Lat. innovation); from there direct or indirectly the Europ. forms like OIr. leon (gen. pl.), OE. lēo, OHG lewo (from there Slav., e.g. Russ. lev, with Lith. lẽvas), second. louwo (\> Latv. laũva), Löwe. Details in W.-Hofrnann s. leō, Vasmer Wb. s. lev, Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 18 f. - On itself stands λῖς ( λίς; on the acc. Berger Münch. Stud. 3, 6 f.), acc. λῖν m. `lion' (Il.; Schwyzer 570f.), already by Pott and Benfey compared with resembling Hebr. lajiš `lion'.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `leopard' (Gal., Edict. Diocl.),

Other forms: also λεοπάρδαλις (s. Wessely Glotta, 6, 29 f.)

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]

Etymology: Comp. of λέων and πάρδος (cf. Risch IF 59, 56f., Strömberg Wortstudien 12), the last of which is only known from Ael. NA 1, 31 (v. l. πάρδαλος); instead since Il. πάρδαλις. So prob. from Lat. pardus, leopardus formally influenced; cf. s. πάρδαλις. Incidentally λεο- for λεοντο-, s. Schwyzer 439; see also λεο-δράκων as name of a mythical being (Crete IV^a).

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