δρακοντία

See also: δρακόντιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δρακοντεία (drakonteía)

Etymology

Possibly a feminine derivative of δρακόντιον (drakóntion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dra.kon.tí.aː/ → /ðra.konˈti.a/ → /ðra.konˈdi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dra.kon.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dra.konˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðra.konˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðra.konˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðra.konˈdi.a/

Noun

δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ • (drăkontĭ́ā) f (genitive δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (botany) a plant within the family Araceae
2. (pathology) a disease, causing blisters on the hoofs of horses

Declension

First declension of ἡ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ; τῆς δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ hē drăkontĭ́ā	τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ tṑ drăkontĭ́ā	αἱ δρᾰκοντῐ́αι hai drăkontĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς tês drăkontĭ́ās	τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́αιν toîn drăkontĭ́ain	τῶν δρᾰκοντῐῶν tôn drăkontĭôn
Dative	τῇ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾳ têi drăkontĭ́āi	τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́αιν toîn drăkontĭ́ain	ταῖς δρᾰκοντῐ́αις taîs drăkontĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱν tḕn drăkontĭ́ān	τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ tṑ drăkontĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς tā̀s drăkontĭ́ās
Vocative	δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ drăkontĭ́ā	δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ drăkontĭ́ā	δρᾰκοντῐ́αι drăkontĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “δρᾰκοντία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δρακοντία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• δρακοντία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften