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|etymtx=(<b class="b3">πόρδ-</b>), <b class="b3">-ιος</b>, <b class="b3">-εως<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />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. <b class="b2">red-backed shrike, Lanius</b> (Thompson Birds s.v.; Arist. [<b class="b3">-λος</b>], H.).<br />Compounds: Some compp., e.g. <b class="b3">παρδαλή-φορος</b> <b class="b2">borne by a p.</b> (S. Fr.11), <b class="b3">καμηλο-πάρδαλις</b> f. [[giraffe]] (Agatharch., LXX).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">παρδαλ-έη</b>, <b class="b3">-έα</b>, <b class="b3">-ῆ</b> f. <b class="b2">pelt of a panther</b> (Il.), <b class="b3">-ια</b> n. pl. [[panthers]] (Arist.), <b class="b3">-ιδεύς</b> m. <b class="b2">young p.</b> (Eust.; Bosshardt 79), <b class="b3">-ε(ι)ος</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the p., p.-like</b> (Arist.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">p.-like</b> (Ath.), <b class="b3">-ωτός</b> <b class="b2">spotted like a p.</b> (Luc.). -- <b class="b3">πάρδος</b> m. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Ael. NA 1,31 [v.l. <b class="b3">πάρδαλος</b>]); as 2. member in [[λεόπαρδος]], s.v. Formation like <b class="b3">δάμαλις</b>; further remote <b class="b3">κνώδαλον</b>, <b class="b3">ἔταλον</b>, <b class="b3">ἴξαλος</b> a.o.<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Iran.X<br />Etymology: LW [loanword] from unknown oriental source. Here belong a.o. several Iranian words for [[panther]], [[leopard]], e.g. Sogd. [[pwrđnk]], Pashto <b class="b2">pṛāng</b>, NP. [[palang]]; from Iran. prob. Skt. (lex.) <b class="b2">pr̥dāku-</b> m. <b class="b2">id.</b>. With late and rare <b class="b3">πάρδος</b> agrees Lat. [[pardus]] (Lucan.), which can be a Lat. backformation from <b class="b3">πάρδαλις</b> (so <b class="b3">πάρδος</b> from Lat.?). From Lat. [[pardus]], <b class="b3">πάρδος</b> Russ. [[pardus]] [[panther]]; besides also Russ. [[bars]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (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 <b class="b3">πόρδαλις</b> is the male, <b class="b3">πάρδαλις</b> the female, will be a sec. distinction.

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