I.masc. collat. form pan-ther , Auct. Carm. Phil. 50), 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.
panthēra , ae, f., = πάνθηρ, like statera for στατήρ (
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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