δρακοντία

See also: δρακόντιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δρακοντεία (drakonteía)

Etymology

Possibly a feminine derivative of δρακόντιον (drakóntion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dra.kon.tí.aː/ → /ðra.konˈti.a/ → /ðra.konˈdi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dra.kon.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dra.konˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðra.konˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðra.konˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðra.konˈdi.a/

Noun

δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ • (drakontíā) f (genitive δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (botany) a plant within the family Araceae
2. (pathology) a disease, causing blisters on the hoofs of horses

Declension

First declension of ἡ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ; τῆς δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ hē drakontíā	τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ tṑ drakontíā	αἱ δρᾰκοντῐ́αι hai drakontíai
Genitive	τῆς δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς tês drakontíās	τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́αιν toîn drakontíain	τῶν δρᾰκοντῐῶν tôn drakontiôn
Dative	τῇ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾳ têi drakontíāi	τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́αιν toîn drakontíain	ταῖς δρᾰκοντῐ́αις taîs drakontíais
Accusative	τὴν δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱν tḕn drakontíān	τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ tṑ drakontíā	τᾱ̀ς δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς tā̀s drakontíās
Vocative	δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ drakontíā	δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ drakontíā	δρᾰκοντῐ́αι drakontíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “δρᾰκοντία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δρακοντία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• δρακοντία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften