δράκων

See also: Δράκων

Ancient Greek

Traditionally related to δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see”)^[1] with the literal meaning of “one who stares” or, alternatively, “sharp-sighted”.^[2]

With stem drakont- for drakon- (influenced by the present participle), as revealed by the feminine δράκαινα (drákaina).

δρᾰ́κων • (drákōn) m (genitive δρᾰ́κοντος); third declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δρᾰ́κων ho drákōn	τὼ δρᾰ́κοντε tṑ drákonte	οἱ δρᾰ́κοντες hoi drákontes
Genitive	τοῦ δρᾰ́κοντος toû drákontos	τοῖν δρᾰκόντοιν toîn drakóntoin	τῶν δρᾰκόντων tôn drakóntōn
Dative	τῷ δρᾰ́κοντῐ tôi drákonti	τοῖν δρᾰκόντοιν toîn drakóntoin	τοῖς δρᾰ́κουσῐ / δρᾰ́κουσῐν toîs drákousi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δρᾰ́κοντᾰ tòn drákonta	τὼ δρᾰ́κοντε tṑ drákonte	τοὺς δρᾰ́κοντᾰς toùs drákontas
Vocative	δρᾰ́κον drákon	δρᾰ́κοντε drákonte	δρᾰ́κοντες drákontes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Byzantine Greek: δράκος (drákos)
- Greek: δράκος (drákos), δράκοντας (drákontas)
- Mariupol Greek: дъра́кус (ðrákus)
→ Classical Syriac: ܕܪܩܘܢܐ
→ Armenian: դրակոն (drakon)
→ Belarusian: дракон (drakón)
→ Bulgarian: дракон (drakon)
→ Coptic: ⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱⲛ (drakōn)
→ Georgian: დრაკონი (draḳoni)
→ Hebrew: דרקון (drakon)
→ Latin: dracō (see there for further descendants)
→ Macedonian: дракон (drakon)
→ Russian: дракон (drakon), драко́нъ (drakón) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- → Bashkir: дракон (drakon)
→ Ukrainian: дракон (drakon)

δράκων • (drákon) m