δράκαινα

Ancient Greek

From δράκων (drákōn, “dragon”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aină).

δράκαινᾰ • (drákaină) f (genitive δρᾰκαίνης); first declension

First declension of ἡ δρᾰ́καινᾰ; τῆς δρᾰκαίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δρᾰ́καινᾰ hē drắkaină	τὼ δρᾰκαίνᾱ tṑ drăkaínā	αἱ δρᾰ́καιναι hai drắkainai
Genitive	τῆς δρᾰκαίνης tês drăkaínēs	τοῖν δρᾰκαίναιν toîn drăkaínain	τῶν δρᾰκαινῶν tôn drăkainôn
Dative	τῇ δρᾰκαίνῃ tēî drăkaínēi	τοῖν δρᾰκαίναιν toîn drăkaínain	ταῖς δρᾰκαίναις taîs drăkaínais
Accusative	τὴν δρᾰ́καινᾰν tḕn drắkainăn	τὼ δρᾰκαίνᾱ tṑ drăkaínā	τᾱ̀ς δρᾰκαίνᾱς tā̀s drăkaínās
Vocative	δρᾰ́καινᾰ drắkaină	δρᾰκαίνᾱ drăkaínā	δρᾰ́καιναι drắkainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

From Byzantine Greek δράκαινα (drákaina), feminine form of δράκων (drákōn).

δράκαινα • (drákaina) f (plural δράκαινες, masculine δράκος or δράκοντας)

(female) dragon (legendary serpentine or reptilian creature)
Ο Γάιδαρος στο «Σρεκ» ερωτεύτηκε τη δράκαινα.
O Gáidaros sto «Srek» erotéftike ti drákaina.
Donkey from Shrek fell in love with the dragon.
(colloquial, derogatory, figuratively) dragon, harridan, shrew (an unpleasant woman)
Σωστή δράκαινα αυτή η γυναίκα!
Sostí drákaina aftí i gynaíka!
That woman is a right dragon!
dragonet (any of the fish in the family Callionymidae)

The genitive plural is uncommon and considered awkward by scholars.