δράκων

drakon

dragon, serpent

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 8
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Book 2 1
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2308
Book 3 1
Chapter ?

333
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6181
Book 11 2
Chapter ?

1126
1139
Book 12 2
Chapter ?

12202
12220
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

2293
Odyssey 1
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4457

Dictionary (LSJ)

δράκων [ᾰ], οντος, ὁ: (prob. from δέρκομαι, δρᾰκεῖν, cf. Porph. Abst. 3.8):—A. dragon, serpent, Il. 11.39, al.; interchangeable with ὄφις, 12.202, 208, cf. Hes. Th. 322, 825, Pi. N. 1.40, A. Th. 292 (lyr.); ἀετὸς καὶ δ. πολέμια Arist. HA 609a4; perh. a water-snake, ib.602b25. II. the constellation Draco, Arat. 46, al., Man. 2.69. III. a sea-fish, the great weever, Epich. 60, Arist. HA 598a11, Hp. Vict. 2.48. IV. = κηρύκειον, prob. a wand with a serpent coiled round it, S. Fr. 700 (cf. 701). 2. serpent-shaped bracelet or necklace, Luc. Am. 41. 3. a noose or crossed bandage for the ankle, Heraclas ap.Orib. 48.5.1. 4. dragon-standard, Lib. Or. 1.144, Them. Or. 18.219a, cf. Or. 1.2a: hence, corps of 1,000 men in the Parthian army, Luc. Hist. Conscr. 29.

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