δρακοντίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δρᾰ́κων (drákōn, “dragon”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās).

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 • (drakontíās) 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 drakontíās	τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ tṑ drakontíā	οἱ δρᾰκοντῐ́αι hoi drakontíai
Genitive	τοῦ δρᾰκοντῐ́ου toû drakontíou	τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́αιν toîn drakontíain	τῶν δρᾰκοντῐῶν tôn drakontiôn
Dative	τῷ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾳ tôi drakontíāi	τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́αιν toîn drakontíain	τοῖς δρᾰκοντῐ́αις toîs drakontíais
Accusative	τὸν δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱν tòn drakontíān	τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ tṑ drakontíā	τοὺς δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱς toùs drakontíās
Vocative	δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ drakontíā	δρᾰκοντῐ́ᾱ drakontíā	δρᾰκοντῐ́αι drakontíai
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 (2006–2024)