πάρδαλις

pardalis

leopard, Felis pardus

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13103
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

1720
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21573
Odyssey 1
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4457

Dictionary (LSJ)

πάρδαλις or πόρδᾰλις (v. infr.), ἡ, gen. εως, Ep. and Ion. ιος Il. 17.20, etc. ; dat. ει Ar. Nu. 347 :—A. 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 Arist. ; πόρδ- in S. Ichn. 296. II. a ravenous sea-fish, Ael. NA 9.49, Opp. H. 1.368. III. = πάρδαλος II, Hsch. IV. name of a plaster, Aët. 12.1.

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