dracontic
1Dracontic — Dra*con tic, a. [From L. draco dragon, in allusion to the terms dragon s head and dragon s tail.] (Astron.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See {Dragon s head},… …
2dracontic — …
3Month — For the Egyptian hawk god, see Monthu. A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which was first used and invented in Mesopotamia, as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept… …
4draconitic — dracoˈnitic, a. Astron. = dracontic. In recent Dicts …
