draconum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →draco, draconis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
dragon; snake;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...retinens Euro tendente rudentisin mediis echenais aquis oculique draconum 675quaeque sonant feta tepefacta sub alite saxa,non Arabum..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...orbes Siculaque incude relictos fulminis extremi cineres uiridumque draconum lucentes a fronte iubas; hic flebile germen Hesperidum..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...micuerunt sidera frustra, nec frustra volucrum tractus cervice draconum currus adest.' aderat demissus ab aethere currus. quo simul..."