draco

See also:Dracoanddračo

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

draco(pluraldracos)

1. (African-American Vernacular)A short-barreledKalashnikov-pattern rifle.
   • 2018,“Narcos”, in Quavious Marshall, Kirshnik Ball, Kiari Cephus (lyrics),Culture II‎^[1],performed by Migos, Motown:

     Chop trees with thedraco

See also

• draco lizard

Anagrams

• cardo,C-Road,Coard,Acord

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈdra.ko/
• Rhymes:-ako
• Hyphenation:drà‧co

Noun

dracom(pluraldrachi)

1. (literary,obsolete)Alternative form ofdrago

Derived terms

• indracare

Anagrams

• cadrò,cardo,cardò,corda,croda

Latin

Alternative forms

• draccō(late, proscribed)

Etymology

FromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn,“serpent, dragon”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dracōm(genitivedracōnis);third declension

1. Adragon;a kind ofsnakeorserpent.
2. Thestandardof a Romancohort,shaped like an Egyptiancrocodile('dragon') head.
3. The astronomical constellationDraco.

   Synonyms:Anguis(poetic),Serpens

4. (Ecclesiastical Latin)TheDevil.

Usage notes

Draco usually connoted larger sorts of snakes in Classical usage, particularly those which seemed exotic to the Romans. One traditional rule gives the distinction among the various Latin synonyms asanguisbeing a water snake;dracōbeing a "temple" snake, the sort of large, exotic snake associated with the guardianship of temples; andserpēnsbeing a common terrestrial snake. This rule is not universally credited, however.

Declension

Third-declensionnoun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dracō	dracōnēs
genitive	dracōnis	dracōnum
dative	dracōnī	dracōnibus
accusative	dracōnem	dracōnēs
ablative	dracōne	dracōnibus
vocative	dracō	dracōnēs

Derived terms

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian:drac,dracu,dãrac,darac
  • Megleno-Romanian:drac
  • Romanian:drac
• Italian:drago,dragone
• Navarro-Aragonese:
  • Aragonese:dragón
• Neapolitan:draone
• →Old French:dragon,dragun(Anglo-Norman)
  • Middle French:dracon
    • French:dragon(see there for further descendants)
  • Norman:dragon
  • →Middle English:dragoun,dragon,dragoune,dragun
    • English:dragon(see there for further descendants)
    • Scots:draigon
  • →Old Irish:dragán
    • Irish:dragan
    • Manx:dragan
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian:dragu,dragón
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan:drac,dragó
  • Occitan:drac,dragon
    • →French:drac
• Old Galician-Portuguese:dragon
  • Galician:dragón
  • Portuguese:drago,dragão
• Old Spanish:dragon
  • Spanish:drago,dragón(see there for further descendants)
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian:drâc,dragon
  • Romansch:dragun
• Sardinian:dragone
• Sicilian:dragu
  • →Maltese:dragun
• Venetan:dragon
• Vulgar Latin:*dragōnis
  • →Proto-Albanian:*dragɔ̄n
    • Albanian:dragua
• →Albanian:*drak
  • Albanian:dreq
• →Cornish:dragon
• →Estonian:draakon
• →Proto-West Germanic:*drakō(see there for further descendants)
• →Latvian:drakons
• →Lithuanian:drakonas
• →Welsh:draig
• →Yiddish:דראַקאָן(drakon)

See also

• anguis
• coluber
• serpens
• vipera

References

• “draco”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “draco”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• dracoin Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• dracoinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• “draco”,inThe Perseus Project (1999)Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• “draco”,inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities,New York: Harper & Brothers
• “draco”,inWilliam Smith, editor (1854, 1857),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography,volume1 & 2,London: Walton and Maberly
• “draco”,inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities,London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin