pardus — Lewis & Short
pardus, i, m., = pa/rdos,
I a male panther:
nunc varias (pantheras) et pardos, qui mares sunt, appellant in eo omni genere creberrimo in Africā Syriāque,Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63; 10, 73, 94, § 202; 11, 37, 65, § 172; Juv. 11, 123.—Prov.:
si mutare potest Aethiops pellem suam, aut pardus varietates suas,Vulg. Jer. 13, 23.