Δράκων

See also: δράκων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

See δράκων (drákōn, “dragon, sharp sighted”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /drá.kɔːn/ → /ˈðra.kon/ → /ˈðra.kon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /drá.kɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdra.kon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðra.kon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðra.kon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðra.kon/

Proper noun

Δρᾰ́κων • (Drákōn) m (genitive Δρᾰ́κοντος); third declension

1. Draco

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Δρᾰ́κων; τοῦ Δρᾰ́κοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δρᾰ́κων ho Drákōn
Genitive	τοῦ Δρᾰ́κοντος toû Drákontos
Dative	τῷ Δρᾰ́κοντῐ tôi Drákonti
Accusative	τὸν Δρᾰ́κοντᾰ tòn Drákonta
Vocative	Δρᾰ́κον Drákon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δρᾰ́κων (drákōn)

Descendants

• → Belarusian: Дракон (Drakón)
• → Breton: Drakon
• → Bulgarian: Дракон (Drakon)
• → Catalan: Dragó
• → Czech: Drak
• → Dutch: Draco
• → English: Draco, Drake
• → Finnish: Drakon
• → French: Dracon
• → German: Drakon
• Greek: Δράκων (Drákon), Δράκοντας (Drákontas)
• → Hebrew: דרקון (Deraqon)
• → Italian: Dracone
• → Latin: Draco, Dracon
• → Luxembourgish: Drakon
• → Norwegian: Drakon
• → Polish: Drakon
• → Portuguese: Drácon
• → Romanian: Dracul
• → Russian: Дракон (Drakon)
• → Spanish: Dracón
• → Swedish: Drakon
• → Welsh: Draco

References

• Δράκων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009

Greek

Proper noun

Δράκων • (Drákon) m

1. (astronomy) Draco (a constellation)

Declension

  Δράκων

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Δράκων •
genitive	Δράκοντος •
accusative	Δράκοντα •
vocative	Δράκων •

Further reading

• Δράκων (αστερισμός) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el