δρακόντιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, Dim. of <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> δράκων 1, δ. ἀργυροῦν <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).203 <span class="title">B</span>44 (Delos, iii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> a kind of [[fish]] (v. l. for [[δράκων]] 111), <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Int.</span> 21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[edder-wort]], [[Dracunculus vulgaris]], ib. ''1'', <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>7.12.2</span>, Dsc.2.166 (where <b class="b3">δρακοντία, ἡ,</b> Ps.-Dsc.: -εία βοτάνη <span class="title">Gp.</span>13.8.7). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[guinea-worm]], [[filaria medinensis]], Plu.2.733b, Sor. ap. <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.4.58</span>, Gal.19.449. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> a kind of [[fig]], <span class="bibl">Ath.3.78a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> a pigment, <b class="b2">dragon's-blood</b>, <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">in Mete.</span>161.5</span> (but δρακόντιον αἷμα [[cinnabar]], PHolm.10.32).</span>