panthers

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Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

bestĭa, ae, f. [perh. akin to fera and to belua], a beast (as a being without reason; opp. to man; while animal, = aliving being, includes man; bestia includes both fera, the beast as distinguished by fierceness, and belua, as distinguished by its size or ferocity; cf. Doed. Syn. 4, p. 290 sq.).

Lit.

In gen. (in the classical per. mostly in prose;

esp. freq. in Cic., who uses it in its most extended signif., of every kind of living creature excepting man): disserens, neque in homine inesse animum vel animam nec in bestiā,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; 5, 13, 38; id. N. D. 2, 11, 31; id. Agr. 2, 4, 9:

quod si hoc apparet in bestiis volucribus, nantibus, agrestibus, cicuribus, feris... quanto id magis in homine fit natura, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 81; id. N. D. 2, 48, 124.—So of the serpent, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 75.—Of the crocodile and other amphibious animals, Cic. l. l.—Of the dog, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56. —Of the elephant (for the more usual belua), Liv. 33, 9, 7.—Of the ass, Suet. Aug. 96.—Of a caterpillar, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 62.—

Of the ostrich: sequitur natura avium, quarum grandissimi et paene bestiarum generis struthiocameli,

Plin. 10, 1, 1, § 1; cf. Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 6; 9, 1, 1, § 10.—With muta, Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71; Liv. 7, 4, 6 (cf. mutae pecudes, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 8, 24).—And for the designation of a wild animal, with fera:

vinctum ante se Thyum agebat, ut si feram bestiam captam duceret,

Nep. Dat. 3, 2 Dähne; Liv. 26, 13, 12; 26, 27, 12; Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29; Just. Inst. 2, 1, 12 sq.—

As a term of reproach (cf. belua and our beast):

mala tu es bestia,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 21; id. Poen. 5, 5, 13.—And, humorously, of the odor of the armpits (cf. ala and caper), Cat. 69, 8.—

Esp., when the contest with animals became more usual in the public spectacles at Rome (not yet customary A.U.C. 583, B.C. 171, Liv. 44, 9, 4), bestia designated, without the addition of fera, a wild beast destined to fight with gladiators or criminals (v. bestiarius;

usually lions, tigers, panthers, etc.).—Hence, ad bestias mittere aliquem,

to send one to fight with wild beasts, Cic. Pis. 36, 89; so, bestiis obioere aliquem, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:

condemnare aliquem ad bestias,

Suet. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 14:

dare aliquem ad bestias,

Dig. 48, 8, 11; Gell. 5, 14, 27:

ad pugnam bestiarum datus, Gell. l. l. § 10: tradere aliquem ad bestias depugnandas, Dig. l. l.: bestiarum damnatio,

the condemnation to fight with wild beasts, ib. 48, 13, 6 al. —Hence the expl.:

bestiarum vocabulum proprie convenit leonibus, pardis et lupis, tigribus et vulpibus, canibus et simiis ac ceteris, quae vel ore vel unguibus saeviunt, exceptis serpentibus,

Isid. Orig. 12, 2, 1 (but cf. supra, 1.).—

Transf., as a constellation, the wotf, Vitr. 9, 4 (7) (called by Cic. Arat. 211 or 455, Quadrupes vasta).

Bestĭa, ae, m., a cognomen in the Calpurnian family.

The consul L. Calpurnius Bestia, Sall. J. 27, 4 al.; Flor. 3, 1, 7.—

The tribune of the people L. Bestia, Cic. Brut. 34, 128; id. de Or. 2, 70, 283.—

Another tribune of the people, L. Bestia, a confederate of Catiline, Sall. C. 17, 3; 43, 1.

bestĭa, ae, f. [perh. akin to fera and to belua], a beast (as a being without reason; opp. to man; while animal, = aliving being, includes man; bestia includes both fera, the beast as distinguished by fierceness, and belua, as distinguished by its size or ferocity; cf. Doed. Syn. 4, p. 290 sq.).

Lit.

In gen. (in the classical per. mostly in prose;

esp. freq. in Cic., who uses it in its most extended signif., of every kind of living creature excepting man): disserens, neque in homine inesse animum vel animam nec in bestiā,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; 5, 13, 38; id. N. D. 2, 11, 31; id. Agr. 2, 4, 9:

quod si hoc apparet in bestiis volucribus, nantibus, agrestibus, cicuribus, feris... quanto id magis in homine fit natura, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 81; id. N. D. 2, 48, 124.—So of the serpent, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 75.—Of the crocodile and other amphibious animals, Cic. l. l.—Of the dog, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56. —Of the elephant (for the more usual belua), Liv. 33, 9, 7.—Of the ass, Suet. Aug. 96.—Of a caterpillar, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 62.—

Of the ostrich: sequitur natura avium, quarum grandissimi et paene bestiarum generis struthiocameli,

Plin. 10, 1, 1, § 1; cf. Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 6; 9, 1, 1, § 10.—With muta, Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71; Liv. 7, 4, 6 (cf. mutae pecudes, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 8, 24).—And for the designation of a wild animal, with fera:

vinctum ante se Thyum agebat, ut si feram bestiam captam duceret,

Nep. Dat. 3, 2 Dähne; Liv. 26, 13, 12; 26, 27, 12; Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29; Just. Inst. 2, 1, 12 sq.—

As a term of reproach (cf. belua and our beast):

mala tu es bestia,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 21; id. Poen. 5, 5, 13.—And, humorously, of the odor of the armpits (cf. ala and caper), Cat. 69, 8.—

Esp., when the contest with animals became more usual in the public spectacles at Rome (not yet customary A.U.C. 583, B.C. 171, Liv. 44, 9, 4), bestia designated, without the addition of fera, a wild beast destined to fight with gladiators or criminals (v. bestiarius;

usually lions, tigers, panthers, etc.).—Hence, ad bestias mittere aliquem,

to send one to fight with wild beasts, Cic. Pis. 36, 89; so, bestiis obioere aliquem, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:

condemnare aliquem ad bestias,

Suet. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 14:

dare aliquem ad bestias,

Dig. 48, 8, 11; Gell. 5, 14, 27:

ad pugnam bestiarum datus, Gell. l. l. § 10: tradere aliquem ad bestias depugnandas, Dig. l. l.: bestiarum damnatio,

the condemnation to fight with wild beasts, ib. 48, 13, 6 al. —Hence the expl.:

bestiarum vocabulum proprie convenit leonibus, pardis et lupis, tigribus et vulpibus, canibus et simiis ac ceteris, quae vel ore vel unguibus saeviunt, exceptis serpentibus,

Isid. Orig. 12, 2, 1 (but cf. supra, 1.).—

Transf., as a constellation, the wotf, Vitr. 9, 4 (7) (called by Cic. Arat. 211 or 455, Quadrupes vasta).

Bestĭa, ae, m., a cognomen in the Calpurnian family.

The consul L. Calpurnius Bestia, Sall. J. 27, 4 al.; Flor. 3, 1, 7.—

The tribune of the people L. Bestia, Cic. Brut. 34, 128; id. de Or. 2, 70, 283.—

Another tribune of the people, L. Bestia, a confederate of Catiline, Sall. C. 17, 3; 43, 1.

ŏrĭentālis, e, adj. [oriens], of or belonging to the East, Eastern, Oriental (postclass.):

periculorum et operum orientalium socii,

in the East, Just. 14, 2, 8:

barba ria,

id. 12, 3, 3:

reges,

id. 38, 10, 5:

venti,

Gell. 2, 22, 11.—

Subst.

Ŏrĭentā-les, ĭum, m., the Orientals, Just. 36, 3, 9.—

ŏrĭentāles, ĭum, f. (sc. ferae), wild beasts designed for hunting exhibitions (as lions, tigers, panthers, etc.), Inscr. Murat. 654, 1.

ŏrĭentālis, e, adj. [oriens], of or belonging to the East, Eastern, Oriental (postclass.):

periculorum et operum orientalium socii,

in the East, Just. 14, 2, 8:

barba ria,

id. 12, 3, 3:

reges,

id. 38, 10, 5:

venti,

Gell. 2, 22, 11.—

Subst.

Ŏrĭentā-les, ĭum, m., the Orientals, Just. 36, 3, 9.—

ŏrĭentāles, ĭum, f. (sc. ferae), wild beasts designed for hunting exhibitions (as lions, tigers, panthers, etc.), Inscr. Murat. 654, 1.

ŏrĭentālis, e, adj. [oriens], of or belonging to the East, Eastern, Oriental (postclass.):

periculorum et operum orientalium socii,

in the East, Just. 14, 2, 8:

barba ria,

id. 12, 3, 3:

reges,

id. 38, 10, 5:

venti,

Gell. 2, 22, 11.—

Subst.

Ŏrĭentā-les, ĭum, m., the Orientals, Just. 36, 3, 9.—

ŏrĭentāles, ĭum, f. (sc. ferae), wild beasts designed for hunting exhibitions (as lions, tigers, panthers, etc.), Inscr. Murat. 654, 1.

panthērīnus, a, um, adj. [1. panthera], of a panther or panthers.

Lit.:

pellis,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 138.—

Transf., spotted like a panther:

mensae,

Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 96.—

Trop., cunning, crafty:

pantherinum genus (hominum),

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 16.