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

Further reading

• Draco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Draco on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Draco on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Draco and nearby constellations

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Dracō, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Δρᾰ́κων (Drákōn).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹeɪkəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹeɪkoʊ/
• 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

Related terms

• draconian
• draconic
• dracontine
• Dracunculus

Translations

constellation

• Arabic: تِنِّين‏‎ m (tinnīn)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 天龍座, 天龙座 (tin¹ lung⁴ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 天龍座 (zh), 天龙座 (zh) (Tiānlóngzuò)

• 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)

• Persian: اژدها‏‎ (fa) (eždahā), هشتبهر‏‎ (haštbahr)
• Polish: Smok (pl) m
• 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)

• Polish: Drakon m
• Portuguese: Dracão m, Drácon m, Dracon m, Draco m

one of Acteon's hounds

• Dutch: Draco m

See also

• Eltanin

Anagrams

• Acord, cardo

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δράκων (Drákōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdra.koː/

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.

Declension

Third declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Dracō
genitive	Dracōnis
dative	Dracōnī
accusative	Dracōnem
ablative	Dracōne
vocative	Dracō

Descendants

• English: draconian

References

• Draco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Draco” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Draco m

1. Alternative form of Dracão

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Spanish

Proper noun

Draco ?

1. (astronomy) Draco (constellation)