draconis
- proper noun
- Historians often discuss the influence of the House of Draconis on medieval politics.
- CM Draconis
Examples
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In the story, characters trace their ancestry back to the noble Draconis family.
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Caput Draconis.
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We all celebrated the Giants' prowess, but I didn't have the heart to tell her Lord Draconis was drugging the Tigers the whole time.
Blog text (8) -
Those reactions stemmed from something else entirely, for Ludmilla Leonovna was descended from the Sigma Draconis First Wave.
Fiction book (2000) -
To date, TEP has collected 40,000 CCD images of CM Draconis spanning 650 hours of observations.
Academic text (1996) -
Because planets hide proportionately more of a small star, TEP has started with the smallest known main-sequence eclipsing binary, CM Draconis.
Academic text (1996) -
A 4-meter telescope would halve this time; a 10-meter telescope would allow the detection of planets around stars 10 times the size of those in CM Draconis.
Academic text (1996) -
With this technique, our 1-meter-class telescopes can detect Earth-sized planets within the habitable zone of CM Draconis—the region around the stars that gets the same amount of energy that Earth receives from the Sun.
Academic text (1996) -
The Draconis lineage is known for its ancient ties to royal families across Europe.
Synonyms
A last name used by people in the same family
A last name used by members of a family
A family name used by people to show family connection
A last name that people share to show they are from the same family
A family name found in old records
A family name that some people use
A family name that people use as their last name
A family name that some people use as their last name
A family name used by some people in Europe
A family name used by people, often from France
A family name from Greece used as a surname
A family name people use as a last name
A family name used by some people
A family name used by some people
Surface Forms
Etymology
Draconis as a family name comes from the Latin word draco, which means 'dragon', and it likely began as a nickname or family sign showing strength or power; that's why the name suggests an old or noble lineage.