dracontia

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Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /draˈkon.ti.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /draˈkon.t͡si.a/,

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρακοντίας (drakontías), from δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, dragon”).

Alternative forms

Noun

dracontia f (genitive dracontiae); first declension

A precious stone, said to be found in the heads of serpents

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dracontia	dracontiae
genitive	dracontiae	dracontiārum
dative	dracontiae	dracontiīs
accusative	dracontiam	dracontiās
ablative	dracontiā	dracontiīs
vocative	dracontia	dracontiae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dracontia

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of dracontium

References

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

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