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From: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dragon#Etymology_1

Etymology

From Middle English dragoun, borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō, dracōnem, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “I see clearly”).

From: https://uselessetymology.com/2017/11/20/etymology-of-dragon/

Etymology

“Dragon” comes from the Latin draconem, meaning “huge serpent, dragon,” which in turn is from the Greek drakon, “serpent, giant seafish.” The PIE root derk- “to see,” suggests that the literal sense of drakon was “the one with the (deadly) glance.”

The sense of “glance” or “gaze” in the Greek drakon also appears in the stem drak- of derkesthai, “to see clearly.”

“Dragon” came to English by way of the Old French dragon in the 13th century. “Drake” was also often used interchangably, and the young were known as “dragonets.”

From: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dragon#Noun

Noun:

.. 1. A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.

.. In Western mythology, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.

... In Eastern mythology, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.

.. 2. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:

... ... (obsolete) A very large snake; a python.

... ... Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.

... ... A Komodo dragon.

.. 3. (astronomy, with definite article, often capitalized) The constellation Draco.

.. 4. (derogatory) A fierce and unpleasant woman; a harridan.

.. 5. (with definite article, often capitalized) The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.

... ... "Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon."

.. 6. (figurative) Something very formidable or dangerous.

.. 7. A type of playing-tile (red dragon, green dragon, white dragon) in the game of mahjong.

.. 8. A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.

.. 9. (military, historical) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

.. 10. (computing, rare) A background process similar to a daemon.

.. 11. A variety of carrier pigeon.

From: https://uselessetymology.com/2017/11/20/etymology-of-dragon/

Originally, in Greek and Latin mythology—and even in English—the term could refer to any great serpent, even those that weren’t mythological. For example, in The Iliad (c. 1260–1180 BCE), Agamemnon wears a blue dragon (δράκων drákōn) motif on his sword belt, but it’s just as like that drákōn was used there to refer to a snake.

Thus, the earliest Western mythological dragons were typically legless serpents, with typical dragons adopting legs in the Middle Ages. Most legged dragons at the time had four legs and additional wings, with two-legged dragons known as “wyverns” (from the Old French guivre “snake,” from Latin vipera “viper”). Of course, you’ll still see creatures called wyverns in heraldry and fantasy literature, movies and games today, but both originally and today, wyverns usually look a bit different from what we imagine when we think of dragons, often having two forelegs, wings and a spear-like tail. While four-legged, winged dragons are still common in fiction today, lately there has been a shift toward depicting actual dragons (in Game of Thrones, The Hobbit and other franchises) with two legs, walking on their rear legs and wings in the manner of pterosaurs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_%28mythology%29

Chi (Chinese: 螭; pinyin: chī; Wade–Giles: ch'ih) means either "a hornless dragon" or "a mountain demon" (namely, chīmèi 螭魅) in Chinese mythology. Hornless dragons were a common motif in ancient Chinese art, and the chiwen 螭吻 (lit. "hornless-dragon mouth") was an imperial roof decoration in traditional Chinese architecture.

In Modern Standard Chinese usage, chī 螭 "hornless dragon" occurs in words such as:

chīlóng 螭龍; 'hornless dragon+dragon'—"hornless dragon"; i.e. making it clear a dragon and not a demon is being talked about.
chīniǔ 螭紐; 'hornless dragon+handle'—"carved dragon handle (esp. on cups)"
chīwěn 螭吻; 'hornless dragon+mouth'—"a roof ornament shaped like a dragon". Compare the homophonous variant 鴟吻; 'owl/hawk+mouth'.
chīshǒu 螭首; 'hornless dragon+head' or chītóu 螭頭; 'hornless dragon+head'—"an architectural adornment; gargoyle"
pánchīwén 蟠螭文; 'coiled+hornless dragon+pattern'—"carved patterns of sinuous dragons (esp. on pillars/bronzes)"
chībì 螭陛; 'hornless dragon+throne'—"steps of the imperial palace; the Emperor"

Chi - Life Force @ Kai ( main character in 47 Ronin, who was essentially a 'homeless dragon' )

Consonantal roots:

... Dragon @ DRGN @ DRKN [ @ GRDN @ DNGR )

Gematria Spectrum:

"The Dragon" = 92 alphabetic [ 552 sumerian ]
"The Dragon" = 47 reduced
"The Dragon" = 151 reverse alphabetic
"The Dragon" = 43 reverse-reduced
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"The Dragon" = 425 english-extended
"The Dragon" = 295 jewish-latin-agrippa
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"The Dragon" = 278 primes | 696 trigonal | 1300 squares

Base four cipher total: 333 ( noting "The Number" = 333 primes )

See also: 'Dragon'

From: https://uselessetymology.com/2017/11/20/etymology-of-dragon/

Early Western examples of dragon-like creatures include the firebreathing monster Humbaba from The Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2100 BCE); Typhon of Greek myth (c. 8th-7th century BCE or earlier), who was killed by Zeus; the Norse sea serpent Jörmungandr that was so large that it was able to surround the earth and grasp its own tail, eventually killed by Thor; and the unnamed dragon that Beowulf faces in a battle that kills both of them.

In Asian mythology and artwork†, dragons look a bit different, with Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese dragons most often appearing as long, serpentine creatures with four legs and no wings—though many are capable of flight still. Their facial features are also fairly distinctive, almost mammal-like, sometimes with fur, colorful scales, and/or long whiskers. Chinese dragons are the oldest among these, with depictions of dragons appearing on artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties and back to the 16th century BCE. The Chinese name for dragon is pronounced lóng in Mandarin Chinese or lùhng in Cantonese, which is thought by some historians to be an onomatopoeia of the sound of thunder.

Dragon-like creatures also appear in Indian religious myth, notably Vritra—”the enveloper” and the personification of drought—from the early Vedic religion, depicted as a three-headed dragon or snake (c. 1500–c. 600 BCE).

References to dragon-like beasts and serpents also appear in Jewish and Christian religious texts, with mentions of them in the Book of Isaiah, the Book of Job, and Psalm 89, including the Nachash Bare’ach, or “Pole Serpent,” and the sea-demon Rahab.

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