camelopardalis
See also: Camelopardalis
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Romanized form of the Ancient Greek καμηλοπάρδαλις (kamēlopárdalis, “giraffe”), from κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”) (camelus) + πάρδαλις (párdalis, “leopard”), due to its having a long neck like a camel and spots like a leopard.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.meː.loˈpar.da.lis/, [kämeːɫ̪ɔˈpärd̪älʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.me.loˈpar.da.lis/, [kämeloˈpärd̪älis]
Noun
camēlopardalis f (genitive camēlopardalis or camēlopardaleōs or camēlopardalios); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | camēlopardalis | camēlopardalēs camēlopardaleis |
| Genitive | camēlopardalis camēlopardaleōs camēlopardalios |
camēlopardalium |
| Dative | camēlopardalī | camēlopardalibus |
| Accusative | camēlopardalim camēlopardalin camēlopardalem1 |
camēlopardalēs camēlopardalīs |
| Ablative | camēlopardalī camēlopardale1 |
camēlopardalibus |
| Vocative | camēlopardalis camēlopardali |
camēlopardalēs camēlopardaleis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
- Italian: camelopardo
- French: chameaupard
- → Afrikaans: kameelperd
- → English: camelopard
- → Swedish: kamelopard
See also
References
- “camelopardalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- camelopardalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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