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πάρδαλις

pardalis

panther, leopard

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Where it lives

Habacuc 1 · 9.14/10k
Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
Laches 1 · 1.3/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Revelation 1 · 1.01/10k
Daniel (LXX) 1 · 0.95/10k
Jeremias 2 · 0.72/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. πάρδαλις · pardalis — Beekes

πάρδαλις, -toc, -εως [f.] ‘panther, leopard’ (Il.); also name of a fish of prey (Ael., Opp.), of a bird, perhaps ‘red-backed shrike, Lanius’ (Arist. [-Aoc], H.). «ΑΒ Also πόρδ-, *COMP παρδαλή-φορος ‘borne by a panther’ (δ. Fr. 11), καμηλο-πάρδαλις [f.] ‘giraffe’ (Agatharch., LXX). *DER napdéah-én, -éa, -ἢ [f.] ‘pelt of a panther’ (Il.), 1a [n.pl.] ‘panthers’ (Arist.), -ἰδεύς ‘young panther’ (Eust.), -e(\)o¢ … — [Beekes, s.v. πάρδαλις, p. 1203]

2. πάρδαλις · pardalis — Chantraine

πάρδαλις : avec la var. πορ- (p. ex. Ar. Lys. 1015 et dans certains mss d'Hom.), gén. -106 et -ewc, Î. « panthère, léopard » (Hom., Arist., etc.), dit d’une courtisane (Ar.), aussi nom d’un poisson vorace (Æl., Opp.), probabiement — [Chantraine, s.v. πάρδαλις, p. 874]

3. πάρδαλις · pardalis — Frisk

πάρδαλις (ndoö-), -ἰος, -ews f. “Pardel, Panther, Leopard’ (seit Il.); auch als N. eines Raubfisches (Ael., Opp.; nach der Farbe, Strömberg Fischn. 107), eines Vogels, viell. “Neuntöter, Lanius’ (Thompson Birds s.v.; Arist. [-λος], H.). Einige Kompp.,z.B. παρδαλή-φορος "von einem P. getragen’ (8.Fr.11), καμηλο-πάρδαλις f. “Giraffe (Agatharch., LXX u.a.). Davon παρδαλ-ἕη, -£a, -ἢ f. "Pantherfell (seit Il.), -ı@ ἢ. … — [Frisk, s.v. πάρδαλις, p. 1445]

4. πάρδαλις · pardalis — Frisk

πάρδαλις. Hierher noch als orientalisches Wanderwort heth. parsana- “Panther, Leopard’; vgl. Gusmani Studi Pisanı I 509. rapeıal. Zu παρειαί, παρήϊον, παραῦαι, myk. pa-ra-wa-jo noch Forssman Unt. z. Spr. Pindars 152f., Szemerenyi Stud. Mic. 3 (1967) 63ff., Ruijgh Etudes $ 32 m. A. 53, P. Kiparsky Lang. 43 (1967) 623. — [Frisk, s.v. πάρδαλις, p. 2293]

5. πάρδᾰλις · pardalis — LSJ

leopard, Felis pardus

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. s.v. πόρδαλις) πόρδαλις was the male, πάρδαλις the female, cf. Hsch. ; but πόρδαλις was used of the animal, παρδαλέη of its skin, acc. to EM 652.38, Phot. ; Aristarch. wrote πάρδ- in Hom. ; Ar. has πάρδ- Nu. l.c., but πόρδ- Lys. 1015 ; πάρδ- is found in Pl. La. 196e, Thphr. CP 6.5.2, 6.17.9, and always in Aris

a ravenous sea-fish, Ael. NA 9.49, Opp. H. 1.368.

III

= πάρδαλος II, Hsch.

IV plaster

name of a plaster, Aët. 12.1.

In the wild

παρδάλει · pardalei Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 294)
παρδαλίων · pardaliōn Iliad 13.103
παρδάλιος · pardalios Iliad 17.20
πάρδαλις · pardalis Iliad 21.573
πάρδαλις · pardalis Odyssey 4.457
παρδάλει · pardalei New Testament, Revelation 13.2 (DIORISIS sentence 238)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. πάρδαλις (scan p. 1203; entry #4825).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. πάρδαλις (scan p. 874; entry #6285).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. πάρδαλις (scan pp. 1445-1446; entry #4499).

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