"δράκαινα" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈðɾacena/
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek δράκαινα (drákaina), feminine form of δράκων (drákōn). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|gkm|δράκαινα}} Byzantine Greek δράκαινα (drákaina) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|δράκαινες|||||masculine|δράκος|or|δράκοντας|||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} δράκαινα • (drákaina) f (plural δράκαινες, masculine δράκος or δράκοντας), {{el-noun|f|δράκαινες|m=δράκος|m2=δράκοντας}} δράκαινα • (drákaina) f (plural δράκαινες, masculine δράκος or δράκοντας) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|δράκαινα|δράκαινες|δράκαινας|δρακαινών|δράκαινα|δράκαινες|δράκαινα|δράκαινες|gp-v=|note=The genitive plural is uncommon and considered awkward by scholars.}} Forms: drákaina [romanization], δράκαινες [plural], δράκος [masculine], δράκοντας [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], δράκαινα [nominative, singular], δράκαινες [nominative, plural], δράκαινας [genitive, singular], δρακαινών [genitive, plural], δράκαινα [accusative, singular], δράκαινες [accusative, plural], δράκαινα [singular, vocative], δράκαινες [plural, vocative]
  1. (female) dragon (legendary serpentine or reptilian creature) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-δράκαινα-el-noun-fJXfARw9 Categories (other): Greek nouns declining like 'βασίλισσα' Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'βασίλισσα': 46 32 22
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, figuratively) dragon, harridan, shrew (an unpleasant woman) Tags: colloquial, derogatory, figuratively Synonyms (female dragon): δρακόντισσα (drakóntissa) [feminine], δράκισσα (drákissa) [feminine]
    Sense id: en-δράκαινα-el-noun-x2pizxeB Disambiguation of 'female dragon': 37 53 10
  3. dragonet (any of the fish in the family Callionymidae)
    Sense id: en-δράκαινα-el-noun-UX7LF9JJ Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Dragons, Fish Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 23 12 13 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 16 8 9 63 Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 28 11 62 Disambiguation of Dragons: 33 25 42 Disambiguation of Fish: 0 0 100

Inflected forms

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