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noun greek

panthēra

gen. panthērae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
= πάνθηρ, like statera for στατήρ (masc. collat. form , Auct. Carm. Phil. 50)
a panther •
, a panther: pictarumque jacent fera corpora pantherarum, Ov. M. 3, 669; cf. Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62: panthera imprudens olim in foveam decidit, Phaedr. 3, 2, 2.—The Romans were fond of introducing it in their combats of wild beasts, Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 2; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 5; 8, 9, 3.
Perseus ID: n33687 Key: panthera1