δρακοντίας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δρᾰ́κων (drắkōn, “dragon”) + -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dra.kon.tí.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dra.konˈti.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðra.konˈti.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðra.konˈti.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðra.konˈdi.as/
Noun
δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς • (drăkontĭ́ās) m (genitive δρᾰκοντῐ́ου); first declension
- kind of wheat with coarse straw
- kind of domestic pigeon
- (mineralogy) stone said to be found in a serpent's head
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς ho drăkontĭ́ās |
τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ tṑ drăkontĭ́ā |
οἱ δρᾰκοντῐ́αι hoi drăkontĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δρᾰκοντῐ́ου toû drăkontĭ́ou |
τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́αιν toîn drăkontĭ́ain |
τῶν δρᾰκοντῐῶν tôn drăkontĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾳ tōî drăkontĭ́āi |
τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́αιν toîn drăkontĭ́ain |
τοῖς δρᾰκοντῐ́αις toîs drăkontĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱν tòn drăkontĭ́ān |
τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ tṑ drăkontĭ́ā |
τοὺς δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς toùs drăkontĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ drăkontĭ́ā |
δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ drăkontĭ́ā |
δρᾰκοντῐ́αι drăkontĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “δρακοντίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δρακοντίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δρακοντίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)