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Draco   /drˈeɪkoʊ/  /drˈækoʊ/   Listen
Draco

noun
1.
Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC).
2.
A faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus.  Synonym: Dragon.
3.
A reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards.  Synonym: genus Draco.



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"Draco" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Zodiac, which have been already mentioned, the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere number twenty-nine. The most important of these are Ursa Major and Minor, Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Cygnus, Lyra, Aquila, Auriga, Draco, Booetes, Hercules, ...
— The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' • Thomas Orchard
... ancient nations ascribe the origin of their laws either to a deity or to some great ancestral hero. As already noted, the code of Hammurabi is represented as having been given to him directly by the god Shamash. In the early days of Greek history, the laws of Solon and Draco were formulated. In India we find the laws of Manu, in China the teachings of Confucius, and so on throughout all of the great nations. In some instances, doubtless, many of the laws were actually formulated under the direction of the person to whom they are ascribed; but in many others, as perhaps ...
— The Making of a Nation - The Beginnings of Israel's History • Charles Foster Kent and Jeremiah Whipple Jenks
... ordinary clothes would hardly hurt a fly, Hold to the rigour of the law when I put on gown and wig, As if for mere humanity I didn't care a fig. For once I'm seated on the bench I do not shrink or flinch From the reddest laws of Draco, or the ...
— Three Wonder Plays • Lady I. A. Gregory


Words linked to "Draco" :   lawmaker, lawgiver, reptile genus, Agamidae, constellation, Athenian, flying lizard, family Agamidae, flying dragon


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