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δράκαινα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δράκαινα δράκαινης

Structure: δρακαιν (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: dra/kwn의 여성형, 참고) La/kaina

Sense

  1. a shedragon

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τήνδε δ’ οὐχ ὁρᾷσ Αἵδου δράκαιναν, ὥσ με βούλεται κτανεῖν δειναῖσ ἐχίδναισ εἰσ ἔμ’ ἐστομωμένη; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 2:5)
  • ἀγχοῦ δὲ κρήνη καλλίρροοσ, ἔνθα δράκαιναν κτεῖνεν ἄναξ, Διὸσ υἱόσ, ἀπὸ κρατεροῖο βιοῖο, ζατρεφέα, μεγάλην, τέρασ ἄγριον, ἣ κακὰ πολλὰ ἀνθρώπουσ ἔρδεσκεν ἐπὶ χθονί, πολλὰ μὲν αὐτούσ, πολλὰ δὲ μῆλα ταναύποδ’, ἐπεὶ πέλε πῆμα δαφοινόν. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 15:1)
  • ὁμοίωσ δὲ καὶ τὰ νεῦρα κρύψασ ἐν ἄρκτου δορᾷ κεῖθι ἀπέθετο, καὶ κατέστησε φύλακα Δελφύνην δράκαιναν· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 6 3:14)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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