# Drakon
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Δρᾰ́κων (Drắkōn).

### Proper noun

Drakon
* Alternative form of Draco (“Athenian lawgiver”).
** 1976, L[ilian] H[amilton] Jeffery, “Kylon and Drakon”, in Archaic Greece: The City-States, c. 700-500 b.c., New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, section II (Central and Northern Greece), subsection 7 (Athens and Attica), page 86:[T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work of individuals, Drakon and then Solon.
** 1990, Philip Brook Manville, “Laws, Boundaries, and Centralization”, in The Origins of Citizenship in Ancient Athens, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, published 1992 (2nd printing), →ISBN, page 79:Whatever the extent of the lost code of Drakon, the creation of any fixed public laws signals a symbolic change and the emergence of an important new mentality.
** 2006, Peter Liddel, “Democracy Established”, in John Stevenson, editor, The Rise and Fall of the Classical World: 2500 BC–600 AD (The History of Europe), London: Mitchell Beazley, →ISBN, section 10 (Ancient Greece), “The Archaic and Classical Periods: 750–336 BC” subsection, page 32, column 3:The Athenians claimed that their earliest constitution was the work of the lawgiver Drakon in 620 BC.
** 2015, Josiah Ober, “Citizens and Specialization before 550 bce”, in The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, published 2016 (3rd printing), →ISBN, page 148:It remains unclear what (if any) other matters were addressed in the laws of Drakon, although in later Athenian legend, he was believed to have prescribed death for a wide range of offenses.

#### Derived terms

* Drakonian

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δρᾰ́κων (Drắkōn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdrɑkon/, [ˈdrɑ̝ko̞n]
* Rhymes: -ɑkon
* Hyphenation: Dra‧kon

### Proper noun

Drakon
* Draco (Athenian lawgiver)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Drakon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Drakonini
accusative
nom.
Drakonini
gen.
Drakonini
genitive
Drakonini
partitive
Drakoniani
inessive
Drakonissani
elative
Drakonistani
illative
Drakoniini
adessive
Drakonillani
ablative
Drakoniltani
allative
Drakonilleni
essive
Drakoninani
translative
Drakonikseni
abessive
Drakonittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Drakonisi
accusative
nom.
Drakonisi
gen.
Drakonisi
genitive
Drakonisi
partitive
Drakoniasi
inessive
Drakonissasi
elative
Drakonistasi
illative
Drakoniisi
adessive
Drakonillasi
ablative
Drakoniltasi
allative
Drakonillesi
essive
Drakoninasi
translative
Drakoniksesi
abessive
Drakonittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Drakonimme
accusative
nom.
Drakonimme
gen.
Drakonimme
genitive
Drakonimme
partitive
Drakoniamme
inessive
Drakonissamme
elative
Drakonistamme
illative
Drakoniimme
adessive
Drakonillamme
ablative
Drakoniltamme
allative
Drakonillemme
essive
Drakoninamme
translative
Drakoniksemme
abessive
Drakonittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Drakoninne
accusative
nom.
Drakoninne
gen.
Drakoninne
genitive
Drakoninne
partitive
Drakonianne
inessive
Drakonissanne
elative
Drakonistanne
illative
Drakoniinne
adessive
Drakonillanne
ablative
Drakoniltanne
allative
Drakonillenne
essive
Drakoninanne
translative
Drakoniksenne
abessive
Drakonittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Drakoninsa
accusative
nom.
Drakoninsa
gen.
Drakoninsa
genitive
Drakoninsa
partitive
Drakoniaan Drakoniansa
inessive
Drakonissaan Drakonissansa
elative
Drakonistaan Drakonistansa
illative
Drakoniinsa
adessive
Drakonillaan Drakonillansa
ablative
Drakoniltaan Drakoniltansa
allative
Drakonilleen Drakonillensa
essive
Drakoninaan Drakoninansa
translative
Drakonikseen Drakoniksensa
abessive
Drakonittaan Drakonittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* drakoninen

### Anagrams

* dorkan