draconcopedis
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By assimilation from dracontopedes, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent”) + πούς (poús, “foot, leg”).
Noun
[edit]draconcopedis m (genitive draconcopedis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) draconcopedes, a legendary being with a human head and the body of a snake
- c. 1200, Vincent of Beauvais, “Speculum naturale - Liber vicesimus”, in Speculum maius, page 249:
- Draconcopedes serpentes magni sunt et potentes: facies virgineas habentes humanis similes, in draconum corpus desinentes.
- The draconcopedes are big and powerful: they have human maidenly faces, ending with the body of serpents.
- c. 1200, Albertus Magnus, “Liber XXV de natura serpentum”, in De animalibus[1]:
- Draconcopodes dicunt Graeci serpentem magnum de ordine tertio et genere draconum quem dicunt vultum virgineum imberbis hominis habere
- The draconcopedes are what the Greeks call a large serpent of the third class and of the dragon genus which, they say, has the maidenly face of an unbearded man
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | draconcopedis | draconcopedēs |
| genitive | draconcopedis | draconcopedium |
| dative | draconcopedī | draconcopedibus |
| accusative | draconcopedem | draconcopedēs draconcopedīs |
| ablative | draconcopede | draconcopedibus |
| vocative | draconcopedis | draconcopedēs |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: draconcopedes