Draco

See also: draco

Translingual

Draco volans

Etymology

From Latin dracō (“dragon”).

Proper noun

Draco m

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; Squamata - subclass; Sauria - suborder; Iguania - infraorder; 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).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹeɪkəʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹeɪkoʊ/
Rhymes: -eɪkəʊ

Proper noun

Draco

(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.
The name of an Athenian lawgiver, known for the severity of his laws.
(Greek mythology) One of Actaeon's hounds.

Derived terms

Draconis

Related terms

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

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

Anagrams

Acord, cardo

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δράκων (Drákōn).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdra.koː/

Proper noun

Dracō m (genitive Dracōnis); third declension

The name of an Athenian lawgiver, known for the severity of his laws.
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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Proper noun

Draco m

Alternative form of Dragão

Spanish

Proper noun

Draco ?

(astronomy) Draco (constellation)

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