καμηλοπάρδαλις

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 13 June 2018

Etymology

From κάμηλος (kámēlos, camel) + πάρδαλις (párdalis, leopard); from the fact that a giraffe has a long neck like a camel and is spotted like a leopard.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰμηλοπάρδᾰλῐς (kamēlopárdalis) f (genitive κᾰμηλοπαρδάλεως); third declension

  1. giraffe

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

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