Draco

From Latin dracō (“dragon”).

Draco m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Agamidae – gliding lizards from Southeast Asia.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Iguania – order; Agamidae – family; Agaminae - subfamily

• (genus): Draco volans - type species

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Borrowed from Latin Dracō, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Δρᾰ́κων (Drắkōn). Doublet of dracone, dragon, and dragoon.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹeɪkəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹeɪkoʊ/
• Rhymes: -eɪkəʊ

Draco

2. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dragon. It features a line of stars (including Thuban) that winds between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
3. The name of an Athenian lawgiver, known for the severity of his laws.

   Alternative forms: Dracon, Drako, Drakon

   • 1985 December 8, William Safire, “ESSAY; Draco vs. Solon”, in The New York Times‎:

     The statesman Draco, faced with public complacency in the face of a crisis in crime, devised a simple method of maintaining order: kill all offenders.

4. (Greek mythology) One of Actaeon's hounds.
5. A male given name from Ancient Greek or Latin.

   Alternative form: Drako

   • 2014 August 15, Larry Rohter, “Life After ‘Vida’: One Man’s Time to Heal”, in The New York Times‎:

     Last November’s Latin Grammy Awards ceremony seemed to be the culmination of a heartwarming comeback for the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer Robi Draco Rosa.

   • 2022 November 10, Elisabeth Egan, “Tom Felton Auditioned for ‘Harry Potter’ Without Reading the Books”, in The New York Times‎:

     Midway through a video interview with Tom Felton about his best-selling memoir, “Beyond the Wand,” the actor who played Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” movies removes the blue-gray baseball cap he’d been wearing backward and begins to tousle his hair.

• draconian
• draconic
• dracontine
• Dracunculus

• Eltanin
• Dracula

• C-Road, Acord, cardo, Coard

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δράκων (Drákōn).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdra.koː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdra.ko/,

Dracō m sg (genitive Dracōnis); third declension

1. The name of an Athenian lawgiver, known for the severity of his laws.
2. One of Actaeon's hounds.

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• “Draco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Draco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Draco m

1. Alternative form of Dragão

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1. (astronomy) Draco (constellation)