dracontia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/draˈkon.ti.a/,[d̪räˈkɔn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/draˈkon.t͡si.a/,[d̪räˈkɔnt̪͡s̪iä]

Etymology 1

Borrowed fromAncient Greekδρακοντίας(drakontías),fromδράκων(drákōn,“serpent, dragon”).

Alternative forms

• dracontias
• draconitis

Noun

dracontiaf(genitivedracontiae);first declension

1. Aprecious stone,said to be found in theheadsofserpents

Declension

First-declensionnoun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dracontia	dracontiae
genitive	dracontiae	dracontiārum
dative	dracontiae	dracontiīs
accusative	dracontiam	dracontiās
ablative	dracontiā	dracontiīs
vocative	dracontia	dracontiae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Noun

dracontia

1. nominative/accusative/vocativepluralofdracontium

References

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