# Draco
## Translingual
### Etymology

From Latin dracō (“dragon”).

### Proper noun

Draco m
* A taxonomic genus within the family Agamidae – gliding lizards from Southeast Asia.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Iguania – order; Agamidae – family; Agaminae - subfamily

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Draco volans - type species

### References

* Draco (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Draco on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Draco on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Dracō, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Δρᾰ́κων (Drắkōn). Doublet of dracone, dragon, and dragoon.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdɹeɪkəʊ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈdɹeɪkoʊ/
* Rhymes: -eɪkəʊ

### Proper noun

Draco
* (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dragon. It features a line of stars (including Thuban) that winds between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
* The name of an Athenian lawgiver, known for the severity of his laws.
    Alternative forms: Dracon, Drako, Drakon
** 1985 December 8, William Safire, “ESSAY; Draco vs. Solon”, in The New York Times‎:The statesman Draco, faced with public complacency in the face of a crisis in crime, devised a simple method of maintaining order: kill all offenders.
* (Greek mythology) One of Actaeon's hounds.
* A male given name from Ancient Greek or Latin.
    Alternative form: Drako
** 2014 August 15, Larry Rohter, “Life After ‘Vida’: One Man’s Time to Heal”, in The New York Times‎:Last November’s Latin Grammy Awards ceremony seemed to be the culmination of a heartwarming comeback for the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer Robi Draco Rosa.
** 2022 November 10, Elisabeth Egan, “Tom Felton Auditioned for ‘Harry Potter’ Without Reading the Books”, in The New York Times‎:Midway through a video interview with Tom Felton about his best-selling memoir, “Beyond the Wand,” the actor who played Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” movies removes the blue-gray baseball cap he’d been wearing backward and begins to tousle his hair.

#### Derived terms

* Draco in Leather Pants
* Draconis

#### Related terms

* draconian
* draconic
* dracontine
* Dracunculus

#### Translations
### See also

* Eltanin
* Dracula

### Anagrams

* C-Road, Acord, cardo, Coard

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δράκων (Drákōn).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdra.koː/, [ˈd̪räkoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdra.ko/, [ˈd̪räːko]

### Proper noun

Dracō m sg (genitive Dracōnis); third declension
* The name of an Athenian lawgiver, known for the severity of his laws.
* One of Actaeon's hounds.

#### Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: Dracó
* English: Draco
* French: Dracon
* Italian: Dracone
* Portuguese: Dracão, Draco, Drácon, Dracon
* Spanish: Dracón

### References

* “Draco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Draco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Draco m
* Alternative form of Dragão

## Spanish
### Proper noun

Draco ?
* (astronomy) Draco (constellation)