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δράκος
δράκος
Ancient Greek
- (4th AD Koine) IPA(key): /ðrákos/
- (10th AD Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðrákos/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðɾákos/
Noun
δράκος • (drákos) n (genitive δράκεος, δράκους); third declension
Inflection
Third declension of δράκος, δράκεος (uncontracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | δράκος | δράκεε | δράκεᾰ |
| Genitive | δράκεος | δρακέοιν | δρακέων |
| Dative | δράκεϊ | δρακέοιν | δράκεσσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | δράκος | δράκεε | δράκεᾰ |
| Vocative | δράκος | δράκεε | δράκεᾰ |
| Notes: | This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. *δράκεσος), which was dropped early in the history of Ancient Greek. |
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Third declension of δράκος, δράκους (contracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | δράκος | δράκει | δράκη |
| Genitive | δράκους | δρακοῖν | δρακῶν |
| Dative | δράκει | δρακοῖν | δράκεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | δράκος | δράκει | δράκη |
| Vocative | δράκος | δράκει | δράκη |
| Notes: | The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm. |
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Etymology 2
From δράσσομαι (drássomai, “I grasp, seize”)
Noun
δράκος • (drákos) n (genitive δράκεος, δράκους); third declension
Inflection
Third declension of δράκος, δράκεος (uncontracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | δράκος | δράκεε | δράκεᾰ |
| Genitive | δράκεος | δρακέοιν | δρακέων |
| Dative | δράκεϊ | δρακέοιν | δράκεσσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | δράκος | δράκεε | δράκεᾰ |
| Vocative | δράκος | δράκεε | δράκεᾰ |
| Notes: | This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. *δράκεσος), which was dropped early in the history of Ancient Greek. |
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Third declension of δράκος, δράκους (contracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | δράκος | δράκει | δράκη |
| Genitive | δράκους | δρακοῖν | δρακῶν |
| Dative | δράκει | δρακοῖν | δράκεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | δράκος | δράκει | δράκη |
| Vocative | δράκος | δράκει | δράκη |
| Notes: | The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm. |
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Synonyms
- δράγμα (drágma)
References
- δράκος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- «δράκος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «δράκος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- «δράκος» in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th-12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn).
Noun
δράκος • (drákos) m (plural δράκοι)
Declension
declension of δράκος
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | δράκος | δράκοι |
| genitive | δράκου | δράκων |
| accusative | δράκο | δράκους |
| vocative | δράκε | δράκοι |