noun greek

drăco

gen. drăcōnis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

(gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), = δράκων, a sort of serpent, a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis).

(those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious… literal •

Prop. (those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94; Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 al. —As the guardian of treasures, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll.—

by metonymy

Name of a constellation

Name of a constellation, Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.—

A cohort's standard •

A cohort's standard, Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7: in templa referre dracones, Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gallien. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3.—

a sea-fish

Marinus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42.—

A water-vessel shaped like a serpent

A water-vessel shaped like a serpent, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.—

An old vine-branch

An old vine-branch, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.—

A seafish

A seafish, Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.—

the Serpent; the Devil

In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.

Perseus ID: n14774a Key: draco1