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drăco , ōnis (gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), m., = δράκων, a sort of serpent, a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis).
I. Prop. (those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94; “Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 al. —As the guardian of treasures,” Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll.—
II. Meton.
A. Name of a constellation, Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.—
B. A cohort's standard, Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7: “in templa referre dracones,” Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gallien. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3.—
C. Marinus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42.—
D. A water-vessel shaped like a serpent, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.—
E. An old vine-branch, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.—
F. A seafish, Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.—
G. In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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