† pardus, i, m., = πάρδος, a male panther: nunc varias (pantheras) et pardos, qui mares sunt, appellant in eo omni genere creberrimo in Africā Syriāque, Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63; 10, 73, 94, § 202; 11, 37, 65, § 172; Juv. 11, 123.
Prov.: si mutare potest Aethiops pellem suam, aut pardus varietates suas, Vulg. Jer. 13, 23.