δρακόντιος

See also: Δρακόντιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

δρᾰκόντειος (drăkónteios), δρᾰκόντεος (drăkónteos)

Etymology

δρᾰ́κων (drắkōn, oblique stem: δρᾰκοντ-, drakont-) +‎ -ῐος (-ĭos)

Pronunciation

(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 • (drăkóntĭos) m or f (neuter δρᾰκόντῐον); second declension

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 drăkóntĭos	δρᾰκόντῐον drăkóntĭon	δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drăkontĭ́ō	δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drăkontĭ́ō	δρᾰκόντῐοι drăkóntĭoi	δρᾰκόντῐᾰ drăkóntĭă
Genitive	δρᾰκοντῐ́ου drăkontĭ́ou	δρᾰκοντῐ́ου drăkontĭ́ou	δρᾰκοντῐ́οιν drăkontĭ́oin	δρᾰκοντῐ́οιν drăkontĭ́oin	δρᾰκοντῐ́ων drăkontĭ́ōn	δρᾰκοντῐ́ων drăkontĭ́ōn
Dative	δρᾰκοντῐ́ῳ drăkontĭ́ōi	δρᾰκοντῐ́ῳ drăkontĭ́ōi	δρᾰκοντῐ́οιν drăkontĭ́oin	δρᾰκοντῐ́οιν drăkontĭ́oin	δρᾰκοντῐ́οις drăkontĭ́ois	δρᾰκοντῐ́οις drăkontĭ́ois
Accusative	δρᾰκόντῐον drăkóntĭon	δρᾰκόντῐον drăkóntĭon	δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drăkontĭ́ō	δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drăkontĭ́ō	δρᾰκοντῐ́ους drăkontĭ́ous	δρᾰκόντῐᾰ drăkóntĭă
Vocative	δρᾰκόντῐε drăkóntĭe	δρᾰκόντῐον drăkóntĭon	δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drăkontĭ́ō	δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drăkontĭ́ō	δρᾰκόντῐοι drăkóntĭoi	δρᾰκόντῐᾰ drăkóntĭă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	δρᾰκοντῐ́ως drăkontĭ́ōs		δρᾰκοντῐώτερος drăkontĭṓteros		δρᾰκοντῐώτᾰτος drăkontĭṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

δρᾰκόντῐον αἷμᾰ (drăkóntĭon haîmă)
δρᾰκόντῐος βοτᾰ́νη (drăkóntĭos botắnē)

References

“δρᾰκόντειος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
δρακόντιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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