draconcopedis
Latin
Alternative forms
- dracontopedis
- draconcopodis
Etymology
By assimilation from dracontopedes, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent”) + πούς (poús, “foot, leg”).
Noun
draconcopedis m (genitive draconcopedis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) draconcopedes, a legendary being with a human head and the body of a snake
- c. 1200, Vincent of Beauvais, “Speculum naturale - Liber vicesimus”, in Speculum maius, page 249:
- Draconcopedes serpentes magni sunt et potentes: facies virgineas habentes humanis similes, in draconum corpus desinentes.
- The draconcopedes are big and powerful: they have human maidenly faces, ending with the body of serpents.
- c. 1200, Albertus Magnus, “Liber XXV de natura serpentum”, in De animalibus:
- Draconcopodes dicunt Graeci serpentem magnum de ordine tertio et genere draconum quem dicunt vultum virgineum imberbis hominis habere
- The draconcopedes are what the Greeks call a large serpent of the third class and of the dragon genus which, they say, has the maidenly face of an unbearded man
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | draconcopedis | draconcopedēs |
| Genitive | draconcopedis | draconcopedium |
| Dative | draconcopedī | draconcopedibus |
| Accusative | draconcopedem | draconcopedēs draconcopedīs |
| Ablative | draconcopede | draconcopedibus |
| Vocative | draconcopedis | draconcopedēs |
Descendants
- → English: draconcopedes