Δράκων
See also: δράκων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
See δράκων (drákōn, “dragon, sharp sighted”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /drá.kɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdra.kon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðra.kon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðra.kon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðra.kon/
Proper noun
Δρᾰ́κων • (Drắkōn) m (genitive Δρᾰ́κοντος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Δρᾰ́κων ho Drắkōn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Δρᾰ́κοντος toû Drắkontos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Δρᾰ́κοντῐ tōî Drắkontĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Δρᾰ́κοντᾰ tòn Drắkontă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Δρᾰ́κον Drắkon | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δρᾰ́κων (drắkōn)
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 (2006–2025)
- 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
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Δράκων (Drákon) |
| genitive | Δράκοντος (Drákontos) |
| accusative | Δράκοντα (Drákonta) |
| vocative | Δράκων (Drákon) |
Further reading
- Δράκων (αστερισμός) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el