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): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Iguania - order; Agamidae - family; Agaminae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Draco volans - type species

References

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

English

Draco and nearby constellations

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Dracō, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Δρᾰ́κων (Drákōn). Doublet of dragon and dragoon.

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.

   Alternative forms: Drako, Drakon

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／天龙座 (zh) (Tiānlóngzuò)

• Finnish: Lohikäärme (fi)
• French: Dragon (fr) m
• Galician: Dragón (gl)
• German: Drache (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Δράκων m (Drákōn)

• Irish: an Dragan m
• Japanese: 竜座 (ja) (りゅうざ, Ryūza)
• Kazakh: Айдаһар (Aidahar)
• Latin: Draco m
• Malay: Naga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Dragen (no)

  Nynorsk: Draken (no)

• Ottoman Turkish: تنین‎ (tinnin)
• Persian: اژدها‎ (fa) (eždahâ), هشتبهر‎ (haštbahr)
• Polish: Smok (pl) m
• Portuguese: Dragão (pt) m
• Russian: Драко́н (ru) m (Drakón)
• Spanish: Draco
• Turkish: Ejderha
• Volapük: Sidrak

Athenian lawgiver

• Catalan: Dracó
• Dutch: Draco m
• Finnish: Drakon
• French: Dracon (fr)
• Hebrew: דרקון‎ (he) m (Draqón)
• Polish: Drakon m
• Portuguese: Dracão m, Drácon m, Dracon m, Draco (pt) m

one of Acteon's hounds

• Dutch: Draco m

See also

• Eltanin
• Dracula

Anagrams

• Acord, C-Road, cardo

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δράκων (Drákōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdra.koː/, [ˈd̪räkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdra.ko/, [ˈd̪räːko]

Proper noun

Dracō m sg (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 noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dracō
Genitive	Dracōnis
Dative	Dracōnī
Accusative	Dracōnem
Ablative	Dracōne
Vocative	Dracō

Descendants

• Catalan: Dracó
• English: Draco
• French: Dracon
• Italian: Dracone
• Portuguese: Dracão, Draco, Drácon, Dracon
• Spanish: Dracón

References

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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Draco m

1. Alternative form of Dragão

Spanish

Proper noun

Draco ?

1. (astronomy) Draco (constellation)