Draco

[ drey-koh ]

/ ˈdreɪ koʊ /

the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.

Origin of Draco

< Latin < Greek drákōn dragon

Draco ²

[ drey-koh ]

/ ˈdreɪ koʊ /

a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.

Also Dra·con

[drey-kon] /ˈdreɪ kɒn/.

Harry suspects Draco is trying to hurt Dumbledore and seriously injures his rival with one of the Prince's spells.

Catch Up on Harry Potter: Watch 13 Key Moments |Alex Berg |November 17, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
The "dragon weaver," or "sea weaver" (Trachinus draco), is one of the best known of these fish.

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, November 1899 |Various
Grandma and grandpa were expected to dinner; also Mr. Draco, or "Harry," as every one called him.

Short Story Writing |Charles Raymond Barrett
Draco appears to have been intrusted by the people of Athens with indefinite powers to reform its government and laws.

The Federalist Papers |Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

He was the Draco of his time, because his time seemed to him as yet unworthy to possess a Solon, neither capable of receiving him.

The Aesthetical Essays |Friedrich Schiller
One of them, Draco the Great, attained great renown as a man of war.

Penguin Island |Anatole France

Draco ¹

/ (ˈdreɪkəʊ) /

a faint extensive constellation twisting around the N celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus

from Latin, from Greek drakōn dragon

Draco ²

/ (ˈdreɪkəʊ) /

7th century bc, Athenian statesman and lawmaker, whose code of laws (621) prescribed death for almost every offence

Draco

[ drā′kō ]

A constellation (the Dragon) in the polar region of the Northern Hemisphere near Cepheus and Ursa Major.