Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

dragons

Latin translation:

dracones

Added to glossary by David Hollywood
Nov 8, 2005 22:38
18 yrs ago
English term

dragons

Non-PRO English to Latin Other Other
mythical creatures than breath fire and fly. They have scaled hides and a long tail with spikes along its back.
Proposed translations (Latin)
4 +4 dracones

Proposed translations

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dracones

Singular
Nominative: draco
Genetive: draconis
Dative: draconi
Accusative: draconem
Ablative: dracone

Plural
N: dracones
G: draconum
D: draconibus
A: dracones
A: draconibus

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Note added at 44 mins (2005-11-08 23:23:56 GMT)
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should be "Genitive" nit "Genetive" as in the ref I quote ....

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Note added at 45 mins (2005-11-08 23:24:30 GMT)
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and "not" not "nit" (sorry about that)

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Note added at 56 mins (2005-11-08 23:35:24 GMT)
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The word "dragon" is derived from the Latin dracon, which came from the Greek
word for serpent, spakov. Spakov can be traced to the Greek aorist verb, ...
survive2012.com/dragon_myths_1.php - 44k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):

agree Giusi Pasi
4 mins
agree Joseph Brazauskas : Indeed, I used to work for one such!
2 hrs
agree Kirill Semenov
6 hrs
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
11 hrs
thx to all :)
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