δράκων [ᾰ], οντος,
o(: (probably from δέρκομαι, δρᾰκεῖν,[[compare 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 3.8)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]:— dragon, serpent, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.39, +others; interchangeable with ὄφις, 12.202, 208, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 322, 825, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.40, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 292 (Lyric poetry); ἀετὸς καὶ δ. πολέμια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 609a4 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; perhaps a water-snake, [[[prev. work] 602b25. ] Refs]
__II the constellation Draco, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 46, +others, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.69. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III a sea-fish, the great weever, [[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 60, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 598a11, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.48. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV ={κηρύκειον}, probably a wand with a serpent coiled round it, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 700 (compare 701). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.2 serpent-shaped bracelet or necklace, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 41. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV.3 a noose or crossed bandage for the ankle, Heraclas cited in [[ 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.5.1. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]