draco

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Contents 1 Latin 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 See also

[edit] Latin

[edit] Alternative spellings

• dracco

  3rd–4th C. A.D.: Appendix Probi

  draco non dracco

  [Use] draco, not dracco.

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek δράκων (drakōn) "dragon"

[edit] Noun

dracō (genitive dracōnis); m, third declension

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

[edit] Derived terms

• draconarius
• draconigena
• dracontarium
• draconteus
• dracontia
• dracontium
• dracunculus

[edit] See also

• anguis
• serpens
• vipera