drakon
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Draco (“Athenian lawgiver”).
Example Sentences
- "[T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work of individuals, Drakon and then Solon."
- "Whatever the extent of the lost code of Drakon, the creation of any fixed public laws signals a symbolic change and the emergence of an important new mentality."
- "The Athenians claimed that their earliest constitution was the work of the lawgiver Drakon in 620 BC."
- "It remains unclear what (if any) other matters were addressed in the laws of Drakon, although in later Athenian legend, he was believed to have prescribed death for a wide range of offenses."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Δρᾰ́κων (Drắkōn).