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Etymology

From earlier *dracone, from Latin dracōnem, accusative of dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare drago, from the nominative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /draˈɡo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: dra‧gó‧ne
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Noun

dragone m (plural dragoni)

  1. dragon (legendary creature)
    Synonym: drago
    • 13th c., Guido Cavalcanti, “A Nerone Cavalcanti”, in Rime‎, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1902, lines 5–7:
      E più treman di te che d’un dragone
      veggendo la tua faccia, ch’è sì dura
      che no la riterria ponte nè mura
      And they tremble more for you than for a dragon when they see your face, which is so tough that no bridge or wall can stop it
    • 1550, Agnolo Firenzuola, L'asino d'oro [The Golden Ass]‎, translation of Metamorphoseon libri XI by Apuleius, page 72:
      […] battute le maestre penne fra le mascielle dei crudeli denti et fra il brandir delli inferzate lingue de i dragoni […]
      Beating the masterful feathers among the jaws of cruel teeth, and among the grasps of the whip-like tongues of dragons
    • 1619, Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger, La fiera‎, published 1726, page 87:
      Chi mai guadagna co' soldati nulla,
      Il può ir a piantar sopra la porta
      Della città, sì come s'usa fare
      Dell'armatura d'un qualche gigante,
      O della squama d'un dragone infesto
      He who never gains anything from soldiers, he can go place over the city doors, as one does, the armor of some giant, or the scale of a hostile dragon
  2. (zoology) greater weever (Trachinus draco)
    Synonym: tracina drago
    • 1898, Giosuè Carducci, “Cadore”, in Rime e ritmi [Rhymes and rhythms]‎, collected in Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 982, lines 125–128:
      […] come l’aquila
      nel reluttante dragon sbramatasi
      poggiando su l’ali pacate
      a l’aereo nido torna e al sole
      Like the eagle, having appeased itself with the reluctant weever, resting on the peaceful wings, returns to the aerial nest, and to the sunlight
  3. (regional, Apulia) name of several species of fish in the Dasyatidae family
  4. Synonym of dragoncello (“tarragon”)
  5. (military, historical) dragoon
    Hypernym: soldato
    • 1676, Giovan Battista Martena, “Trattato primo delle mine - Cap. I”, in Flagello militare‎, Naples, page 189:
      furono tutti quelli poveri dragoni del regimento […] morti, non potendo resistere all'empito del moschetto nemico
      All those poor dragoons of the regiment died, unable to withstand the force of the enemy's muskets
    • 1869, Carlo Corsi, “Battaglia di Friedland (14 giugno 1807)”, in Sommario di storia militare - Seconda parte: dal 1740 al 1815‎, page 135:
      Il villaggio è preso; la cavalleria russa carica i dragoni, ma è ributtata dai corazzieri.
      The village is taken. The Russian cavalry charges the dragoons, but is repelled by the cuirassiers
    • 1984, “La guerra è finita”, in L'ultimo schermo: cinema di guerra, cinema di pace‎, Edizioni Dedalo, page 387:
      Il cortometraggio delinea il ritratto di un singolare personaggio, Diego de Enriquez, che nel 1958 era un anziano signore di Trieste, con un passato militare al seguito delle compagnie di dragoni asburgici
      The short outlines a peculiar character, Diego de Enriquez, who in 1958 was an old man in Trieste, with a military past in the Habsburg companies of dragoons
  6. (military, historical) a type of high-caliber firearm.
  7. a rocket used to light fireworks from a distance
  8. (nautical) Dragon (class of dinghy)
    Hypernym: imbarcazione
  9. (astronomy, usually capitalized) Draco (constellation)
    Hypernym: costellazione

Derived terms

Further reading

  • dragone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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