δρακόντιος

See also: Δρακόντιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δρᾰκόντειος (drakónteios), δρᾰκόντεος (drakónteos)

Etymology

δρᾰ́κων (drákōn, oblique stem: δρᾰκοντ-, drakont-) +‎ -ῐος (-ios)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dra.kón.ti.os/ → /ðraˈkon.ti.os/ → /ðraˈkon.di.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dra.kón.ti.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /draˈkon.ti.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðraˈkon.ti.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðraˈkon.ti.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðraˈkon.di.os/

Adjective

δρᾰκόντῐος • (drakóntios) m or f (neuter δρᾰκόντῐον); second declension

1. of the dragon, dragon’s, dragon-
   • Hdn.Gr. 1.114
   • 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 1315
   • Palatine Anthology 12.257.Mel.
   • Anthology of Planudes 4.90
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Lover of Lies 4

Declension

Second declension of δρᾰκόντῐος; δρᾰκόντῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δρᾰκόντῐος drakóntios	δρᾰκόντῐον drakóntion		δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drakontíō	δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drakontíō		δρᾰκόντῐοι drakóntioi	δρᾰκόντῐᾰ drakóntia
Genitive		δρᾰκοντῐ́ου drakontíou	δρᾰκοντῐ́ου drakontíou		δρᾰκοντῐ́οιν drakontíoin	δρᾰκοντῐ́οιν drakontíoin		δρᾰκοντῐ́ων drakontíōn	δρᾰκοντῐ́ων drakontíōn
Dative		δρᾰκοντῐ́ῳ drakontíōi	δρᾰκοντῐ́ῳ drakontíōi		δρᾰκοντῐ́οιν drakontíoin	δρᾰκοντῐ́οιν drakontíoin		δρᾰκοντῐ́οις drakontíois	δρᾰκοντῐ́οις drakontíois
Accusative		δρᾰκόντῐον drakóntion	δρᾰκόντῐον drakóntion		δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drakontíō	δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drakontíō		δρᾰκοντῐ́ους drakontíous	δρᾰκόντῐᾰ drakóntia
Vocative		δρᾰκόντῐε drakóntie	δρᾰκόντῐον drakóntion		δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drakontíō	δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drakontíō		δρᾰκόντῐοι drakóntioi	δρᾰκόντῐᾰ drakóntia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δρᾰκοντῐ́ως drakontíōs			δρᾰκοντῐώτερος drakontiṓteros			δρᾰκοντῐώτᾰτος drakontiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δρᾰκόντῐον αἷμᾰ (drakóntion haîma)
• δρᾰκόντῐος βοτᾰ́νη (drakóntios botánē)

References

• “δρᾰκόντειος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δρακόντιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• δρακόντιος 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