camelopardalis

== Latin == === Alternative forms === camēlopardalus camēlopardus === 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 Latin) IPA(key): [ka.meː.ɫɔˈpar.da.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.me.loˈpar.da.lis] === Noun === camēlopardalis f (genitive camēlopardalis or camēlopardaleōs or camēlopardalios); third declension A giraffe, camelopard ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem). 1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: camelopardo French: chameaupard → Dutch: kameelpaard → Afrikaans: kameelperd → English: camelopard → Swedish: kamelopard ==== See also ==== camēlus === 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.