δράκαινα
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English (LSJ)
ης, ἡ, fem. of δράκων,
A she-dragon, h.Ap.300; of the Erinyes, A.Eu.128; Ἅιδου δ., of the Erinys of Clytaemnestra, E.IT 286; compared with a courtesan, δ. ἄμεικτος Anaxil.22.3, cf. Secund. Sent.8. II scourge, Ar.Fr.767.
German (Pape)
[Seite 664] ἡ, fem. zu δράκων; H. h. Apoll. 300; Aesch. Eum. 125 heißen die Furien so; Eur. Bacch. 1355, öfter. – Auch Name eines Fisches, wie
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δράκαινα: -ης, -ἡ, θηλ. τοῦ δράκων (πρβλ. Λάκαινα), θῆλυς δράκων, Ὕμν. Ὁμ. εἰς Ἀπολλ. 300· ἐπὶ τῶν Ἐρινύων, Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμ. 128· οὕτως, Ἅιδου δρ., ἐπὶ τῶν Ἐρινύων τῆς Κλυταιμήστρας, Εὐρ. Ι. Τ. 286· καὶ ἐπὶ ἑταίρας, δρ. ἄμικτος Ἀναξίλ. Νεοττ. 1. ΙΙ. μάστιξ, Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 606.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
dragon femelle.
Étymologie: δράκων.
