δρακοντίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δρᾰ́κων (drắkōn, “dragon”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς • (drăkontĭ́ās) m (genitive δρᾰκοντῐ́ου); first declension

1. kind of wheat with coarse straw
2. kind of domestic pigeon
3. (mineralogy) stone said to be found in a serpent's head

Inflection

First declension of ὁ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ δρᾰκοντῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς ho drăkontĭ́ās	τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ tṑ drăkontĭ́ā	οἱ δρᾰκοντῐ́αι hoi drăkontĭ́ai
Genitive	τοῦ δρᾰκοντῐ́ου toû drăkontĭ́ou	τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́αιν toîn drăkontĭ́ain	τῶν δρᾰκοντῐῶν tôn drăkontĭôn
Dative	τῷ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾳ tôi drăkontĭ́āi	τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́αιν toîn drăkontĭ́ain	τοῖς δρᾰκοντῐ́αις toîs drăkontĭ́ais
Accusative	τὸν δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱν tòn drăkontĭ́ān	τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ tṑ drăkontĭ́ā	τοὺς δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς toùs 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.

Further reading

• “δρακοντίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δρακοντίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δρακοντίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)