δρακόντιον
τό
A.
δράκων 1, δ. ἀργυροῦν IG 11(2).203 B 44 (Delos, iii B. C.).
II.
a kind of fish (v. l. for δράκων 111), Hp. Int. 21.
III.
edder-wort, Dracunculus vulgaris, ib. 1, Thphr. HP 7.12.2, Dsc. 2.166 (where δρακοντία,ἡ, Ps.-Dsc.: ‐εία βοτάνη Gp. 13.8.7).
IV.
guinea-worm, filaria medinensis, Plu. 2.733b, Sor. ap. Paul.Aeg. 4.58, Gal. 19.449.
V.
a kind of fig, Ath. 3.78a.
VI.
a pigment, dragon's-blood, Alex.Aphr. in Mete. 161.5 (but δρακόντιον αἷμα cinnabar, PHolm. 10.32).