Draco

See also: draco

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

External links

• Draco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Draco (genus)
• Draco on Wikispecies. Wikispecies
•  Draco on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

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English

Wikipedia

Draco and nearby constellations

Etymology

From Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων ‎(drákōn, “dragon”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdreɪkəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdreɪkoʊ/
• Rhymes: -eɪkəʊ

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

constellation

• Arabic: تِنِّين m ‎(tinnīn)
• Finnish: Lohikäärme (fi)
• French: Dragon (fr) m
• Galician: Dragón (gl)
• German: Drache (de) m
• Japanese: 竜座 (ja) ‎(りゅうざ, Ryūza)
• Malay: Naga

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Dragen (no)

  Nynorsk: Draken (no)

• Portuguese: Dragão (pt) m
• Russian: Драко́н (ru) m ‎(Drakón)
• Spanish: Draco
• Turkish: Ejderha
• Volapük: Sidrak

Athenian lawgiver

• Dutch: Draco m
• Finnish: Drakon

• French: Dracon (fr)
• Portuguese: Dracão m, Drácon m, Dracon m, Draco m

one of Acteon's hounds

• Dutch: Draco m

Related terms

• draconian
• draconic
• dracontine
• Dracunculus

See also

• Eltanin

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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 & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Draco in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Draco m

1. Alternative form of Dracão

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Proper noun

Draco ?

1. (astronomy) Draco (constellation)