dracunculus
From LSJ
πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
drăcuncŭlus: i, m.
dim. draco.
I A small serpent, dragonet, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 14; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 1, 5.—
II A thread twisted like a serpent, Inscr. Orell. 1572.—
III A sort of fish, dragonet, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 148.—
The plant tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus, Linn.; Plin. 24, 16, 91, § 142.
