πάρδαλις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or [[πόρδαλις]] (v. infr.), ἡ, gen. -εως, Ep. and Ion. -ιος Il.17.20, etc.; dat. ει Ar.''Nu.''347:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[leopard]], [[Felis pardus]], Il. 13.103, 17.20, 21.573, Od.4.457, ''h.Ven.''71, Semon.(?)in ''PLit.Lond.''53r.3, Arist. ''HA''500a28, ''Phgn.''809b36, Opp.''C.''3.63, etc.—Acc. to Apion (ap. Apollon.''Lex.'' [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[πόρδαλις]]) <b class="b3"> πόρδαλις</b> was the male, [[πάρδαλις]] the female, cf. [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; but [[πόρδαλις]] was used of the animal, [[παρδαλέη]] of its skin, acc. to ''EM''652.38, Phot.; Aristarch. wrote <b class="b3">πάρδ-</b> in Hom.; Ar. has <b class="b3">πάρδ-</b> ''Nu.'' l. c., but πόρδ- ''Lys.'' 1015; <b class="b3">πάρδ-</b> is found in Pl. ''La.'' 196e, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 6.5.2, 6.17.9, and always in Arist.; <b class="b3">πόρδ-</b> in S. ''Ichn.''296.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a ravenous sea-fish, Ael.''NA''9.49, Opp.''H.''1.368.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[πάρδαλος]] ''ΙΙ'', [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">IV</span> name of a [[plaster]], Aët. 12.1.