Translingual

Draco volans

Etymology

From Latin dracō ‎(“dragon”).

Proper noun

Draco m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Agamidae – gliding lizards from Southeast Asia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Sauria - suborder; Iguania - infraorder; Agamidae - family; Agaminae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Draco volans - type species

English

Draco and nearby constellations

Proper noun

Draco

1. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dragon. It features a line of stars (including Thuban) that winds between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
2. The name of an Athenian lawgiver, known for the severity of his laws.
3. (Greek mythology) One of Actaeon's hounds.

Derived terms

• Draconis

Translations

Related terms

• draconian
• draconic
• dracontine
• Dracunculus

See also

• Eltanin

Latin

Proper noun

Dracō m ‎(genitive Dracōnis); third declension

1. The name of an Athenian lawgiver, known for the severity of his laws.
2. One of Actaeon's hounds.

Descendants

• English: draconian

References

• Draco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Draco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Draco m

1. Alternative form of Dracão

Spanish

Proper noun

Draco ?

1. (astronomy) Draco (constellation)

Latin

Alternative forms

• dracco

Noun

dracō m ‎(genitive dracōnis); third declension

1. A dragon; a kind of snake or serpent.
2. The standard of a Roman cohort, shaped like an Egyptian crocodile ('dragon') head.
3. The astronomical constellation Draco.
4. (ecclesiastic) The Devil.

Usage notes

Draco usually connoted larger sorts of snakes in Classical usage, particularly those which seemed exotic to the Romans. One traditional rule gives the distinction among the various Latin synonyms as anguis being a water snake; draco being a "temple" snake, the sort of large, exotic snake associated with the guardianship of temples; and serpens being a common terrestrial snake. This rule is not universally credited, however.^[1]

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

• anguis
• coluber
• serpens
• vipera

References

• draco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• draco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• DRACO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “draco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• draco in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• draco in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• draco in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• draco in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

1. ↑ James Fergusson, Tree and serpent Worship, or illustrations of mythology and art in India in the 1st and 4th cent. a. Chr, London: Allen and Co.,1868, page 13 (note).