δράκων

Ancient Greek

Traditionally related to δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see”)^[1] with the literal meaning of “one who stares” or, alternatively, “sharp-sighted”.^[2]

With stem drakont- for drakon- (influenced by the present participle), as revealed by the feminine δράκαινα (drákaina).

δρᾰ́κων • (drắkōn) m (genitive δρᾰ́κοντος); third declension

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Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δρᾰ́κων ho drắkōn	τὼ δρᾰ́κοντε tṑ drắkonte	οἱ δρᾰ́κοντες hoi drắkontes
Genitive	τοῦ δρᾰ́κοντος toû drắkontos	τοῖν δρᾰκόντοιν toîn drăkóntoin	τῶν δρᾰκόντων tôn drăkóntōn
Dative	τῷ δρᾰ́κοντῐ tôi drắkontĭ	τοῖν δρᾰκόντοιν toîn drăkóntoin	τοῖς δρᾰ́κουσῐ / δρᾰ́κουσῐν toîs drắkousĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν δρᾰ́κοντᾰ tòn drắkontă	τὼ δρᾰ́κοντε tṑ drắkonte	τοὺς δρᾰ́κοντᾰς toùs drắkontăs
Vocative	δρᾰ́κον drắkon	δρᾰ́κοντε drắkonte	δρᾰ́κοντες drắkontes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Byzantine Greek: δράκος (drákos)
- Greek: δράκος (drákos), δράκοντας (drákontas)
- Mariupol Greek: дъра́кус (ðrákus)
→ Classical Syriac: ܕܪܩܘܢܐ
→ Armenian: դրակոն (drakon)
→ Belarusian: дракон (drakón)
→ Bulgarian: дракон (drakon)
→ Coptic: ⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱⲛ (drakōn)
→ Georgian: დრაკონი (draḳoni)
→ Hebrew: דרקון (drakon)
→ Latin: dracō (see there for further descendants)
→ Macedonian: дракон (drakon)
→ Russian: дракон (drakon), драко́нъ (drakón) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- → Bashkir: дракон (drakon)
→ Ukrainian: дракон (drakon)

Ancient Greek