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Is the derivation of the name given here correct? Draco is a masculine noun, while -ula is a feminine ending. Other masculine nouns ending in -o (e.g. leo, homo) use the diminutive ending -culus (leunculus, homunculus), and the form dracunculus is attested in Pliny's Natural History as well as in Linnaeus's name for tarragon (which I believe he got from Pliny). Does anyone have the original reference, and if so, did Carlyle Luer explicitly say that the name is from the Latin? — Charles P. (Mirv) 22:19, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
Charles - I think you are right about "Dracula" not being Latin. I have Luer's Icones Pleurothallidinarium X - Systematics of Dracula in front of me. Here's the excerpt from the Etymology section for the genus dracula:
Nowhere does Luer state that Dracula is latin for "little dragon". Refer to the Vlad III Dracula wiki for the Romanian origins of the word "dracula". Because of this, I recommend that the description for this entry be updated to remove the reference to the latin origins of the word "dracula". Thus, I also need to update the description on my website, www.draculaspecies.com.-- Wsarles 16:27, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
A better translation than "little dragon" might be "junior dragon" or even "Dragon Junior" , given that it comes from a name. "Dracula" (Dracul-a) is a patronymic, basically meaning "Son of Dracul (Dragon)" in the same way that "Ivanovich" means "Son of Ivan" in Russia. It is a Wallachian name - No real connection to Latin (or vampires...). --Myk — Preceding
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