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πάνθηρ

panther

npoc : m

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Where it lives

On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

1. πάνθηρ · panthēr — Chantraine

πάνθηρ, -npoc : m. « guépard » (Hdt., X., Arist., ete.) d'où le diminutif mæœ«vünptoxoc (Hero), le composé Auxoπάνθηρος τα. qui équivaudrait à θώς selon Hdn. Epim. 60. Et.: Emprunt extrême-oriental certain. Benfey, Wurzellexicon 2,88 a rapproché 16 terme de lexique skr. pundartkam. «tigres, Mayrhofer, Eitym. Wb. des Altindischen 2,301 critique le rapprochement, mais admettrait un emprunt Ἐπάρθηρ ; cette forme … — [Chantraine, s.v. πάνθηρ, p. 872]

2. πάνθηρ · panthēr — LSJ

Felidae

term applied to various spotted Felidae, Hdt. 4.192, X. Cyn. 11.1, Anaxil. 12, Arist. HA 580a25, Ar.Byz. Epit. 96.11, Str. 16.4.16, Ael. NA 15.14, Opp. C. 2.572, prob. in IG 2(2).1491.23,37: pl. πάνθηροι (v.l. -ες) Callix. 2.

In the wild

πάνθηρες · panthēres Herodotus, Histories 4.192.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5288)
πάνθηρες · panthēres Xenophon, On Hunting 11.1 (DIORISIS sentence 504)

Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. πάνθηρ (scan p. 872; entry #6259).

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