πάνθηρ
Φιλοσοφίαν δὲ τὴν μὲν κατὰ φύσιν, ὦ Βασιλεῦ, ἐπαίνει καὶ ἀσπάζου, τὴν δέ θεοκλυτεῖν φάσκουσαν παραίτου. → Praise and revere, O King, the philosophy that accords with nature, and avoid that which pretends to invoke the gods. (Philostratus, Ap. 5.37)
English (LSJ)
ηρος, ὁ, term applied to various spotted Felidae, Hdt.4.192, X.Cyn.11.1, Anaxil.12, Arist.HA580a25, Ar.Byz.Epit.96.11, Str.16.4.16, Ael.NA15.14, Opp.C.2.572, prob. in IG22.1491.23,37: pl. πάνθηροι (
A v.l. -ες) Callix.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 460] ηρος, ὁ, so zu accentuiren nach Arcad. 20, 13, findet sich auch πανθήρ geschrieben; Her. 4, 192; Xen. Cyn. 11, 1; Arist. H. A. 6, 35 u. Sp.; der Panther.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πάνθηρ: ηρος, ὁ, Λατ. panthera, ἢ μᾶλλον κατὰ τὸν Sundervall, = πάρδαλις, ἡ λεοπάρδαλις, Ἡρόδ. 4. 192, Ξενοφ. Κυν. 11, 1, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 6. 35, 3.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ηρος (ὁ) :
guépard, animal.
Étymologie: πᾶν, θήρ.
Greek Monotonic
πάνθηρ: -ηρος, ὁ, πάνθηρας ή λεοπάρδαλη, σε Ηρόδ., Ξεν.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
πάνθηρ: ηρος ὁ пантера или барс Her., Xen., Arst.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
πάνθηρ -ηρος, ὁ panter.
Frisk Etymological English
-ηρος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: panther (Hdt., X., Arist.)
Compounds: λυκο-πάνθηρος m. "wolf-panther" (Hdn. Epim.).
Derivatives: dimin. -ηρίσκος (Hero).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Afr.
Etymology: Foreign word of eastern origin. Benfey Wurzellex. 2, 88 compared Skt. (lex.) puṇḍarīka- m. tiger; strong doubts in Mayrhofer s.v. (w. lit.), where an orig. *πάρθηρ is considered, w. connection with πάρδαλις; from there folketym. πάνθηρ (παν-θήρ, θηράω )? (Thierfelder by letter.). -- Lat. LW [loanword] panthēr, f. -a. Cf. on πάρδαλις. - S. Furnée 190 n. 33
Middle Liddell
πάνθηρ, ηρος, ὁ,
the panther or leopard, Hdt., Xen.
Frisk Etymology German
πάνθηρ: -ηρος
{pánthēr}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Panther (Hdt., X., Arist. usw.)
Composita : λυκοπάνθηρος m. "Wolfpanther" (Hdn. Ep im.).
Derivative: mit Demin. -ηρίσκος (Hero);
Etymology : Fremdwort östlichen Ursprungs. Schon von Benfey Wurzellex. 2, 88 mit aind. (Lex.) puṇḍarīka- m. Tiger verglichen; starker Zweifel bei Mayrhofer s.v. (m. Lit.), wo ein urspr. *πάρθηρ erwogen wird; daraus volksetym. πάνθηρ (πανθήρ, θηράω ) ? (Thierfelder briefl.). — Lat. LW panthēr, f. -a. Vgl. zu πάρδαλις.
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