dracontia

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /draˈkon.ti.a/, [d̪räˈkɔn̪t̪iä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /draˈkon.t͡si.a/, [d̪räˈkɔnt̪͡s̪iä]

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms
  • dracontias
  • draconitis

Noun

dracontia f (genitive dracontiae); first declension

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

First-declension noun.

Case 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

  1. 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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