noun · masculinesecond declension
draucus
draucus m (genitive draucī)
Classical[ˈdrau̯.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈdraːu̯.kus]
Meaning
- masculineweightlifter, strongman, athlete, jock
Rogābit unde suspicer virum mollem. Ūnā lavāmur: aspicit nihil sūrsum, sed spectat oculīs dēvorantibus draucōs
1993 translation by D. R. Shackleton Bailey He will ask how I come to suspect the man of effeminacy. We bathe together. He never looks up, but watches the athletes with devouring eyes and his lips work as he gazes at their cocks.86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 1.96.12Pēdīcat puerōs tribas Philaenis et tentīgine saevior marītī ūndēnās dolat in diē puellās. Harpastō quoque subligāta lūdit et flāvēscit haphē, gravēsque draucīs
1993 translation by D. R. Shackleton Bailey Lesbian Philaenis sodomizes boys and, more cruel than a husband’s lust, penetrates eleven girls per diem. She also plays with the harpastum high-girt, gets yellow with sand, and with effortless arm rotates weights that would tax an athlete86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 7.67.5 - New Latinmasculinesodomite
Talia fecit concava specula Hostius, ut refert Seneca, ut redderent maiorem iusto imaginem, qui quadra fuit libidinis magna, sic specula disponens, ut dum draucum pateretur, sui admissarii motus omnes aversus videret, talique falsa membri crassitie se ipsum fallens oblectaretur.
Hostius made such concave mirrors, as Seneca relates, that they might show a larger image. Quadra was lustful, arranging the mirrors so that, while being penetrated by a sodomite, he might turn away and see all the movements of his stud, and take pleasure in the false thickness of his member, deceiving himself.1558, Giambattista della Porta, Magia naturalis (rephrasing Seneca's wording, "cum virum ipse pateretur")
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | draucus | draucī |
| genitive | draucī | draucōrum |
| dative | draucō | draucīs |
| accusative | draucum | draucōs |
| ablative | draucō | draucīs |
| vocative | drauce | draucī |
draucus, i, m.,
Origins
Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Gaulish. Draucus and Drauca are also attested as personal names. Nikolaev takes it from Proto-Italic *drawikos (formed similarly to modicus and bellicus), from Proto-Indo-European *drowóm (“strength”) (compare Ancient Greek δροόν (droón)), from *drew- (“strong, firm”), with syncope as seen in Latin auceps. But Proto-Indo-European *dr is thought to have become tr in Latin (compare amtruō, citrus, lutra, uter, and vitrum). A similar derivation may still be possible through Gaulish.