drăco (noun M) = δράκων: (gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), , = , a sort of serpent, a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis).
* 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.
* Meton.
* Name of a constellation, Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.
* A seafish, Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.
* In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.
* A water-vessel shaped like a serpent, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.
* An old vine-branch, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.

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