† drăco, ōnis (gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), m., = δράκων,
I a sort of serpent , a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis).
I Prop. (those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94; Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 fal. —As the guardian of treasures, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll.—
II Meton.
A Name of a constellation , Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.—
B A cohort's standard , Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7: in templa referre dracones, Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gall. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3.—
C Marinus, a sea-fish , Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42.—
D A water-vessel shaped like a serpent , Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.—
E An old vine-branch , Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.—
F A seafish , Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.—
G In eccl. Lat., the Serpent , the Devil , Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.