draco

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɹeɪkəʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɹeɪkoʊ/ Rhymes: -eɪkəʊ === Noun === draco (plural dracos) (African-American Vernacular) A short-barreled Kalashnikov-pattern rifle. === See also === draco lizard === Anagrams === cardo, C-Road, Coard, Acord == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdra.ko/ Rhymes: -ako Hyphenation: drà‧co === Noun === draco m (plural drachi) (literary, obsolete) alternative form of drago ==== Derived terms ==== indracare === Anagrams === cadrò, cardo, cardò, corda, croda == Latin == === Alternative forms === draccō (Late Latin, proscribed) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, dragon”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdra.koː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdraː.ko] === Noun === dracō m (genitive dracōnis or dracontis); third declension A dragon; a kind of snake or serpent. The standard of a Roman cohort, shaped like an Egyptian crocodile ('dragon') head. The astronomical constellation Draco. Synonyms: Anguis (poetic), Serpens (Ecclesiastical Latin) The Devil. ==== Usage notes ==== Draco usually connoted larger sorts of snakes in Classical usage, particularly those which seemed exotic to the Romans. One traditional rule gives the distinction among the various Latin synonyms as anguis being a water snake; dracō being a "temple" snake, the sort of large, exotic snake associated with the guardianship of temples; and serpēns being a common terrestrial snake. This rule is not universally credited, however. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (two different stems). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === See also === anguis coluber serpens vipera === References === “draco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “draco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "draco", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “draco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “draco”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[2] “draco”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “draco”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “draco”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin