τράγος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τρᾰ́γω (trágō, “to gnaw, nibble”) + -ος (-os, “nominal suffix”), literally “gnawer, eater (of sweets)”.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /trá.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtra.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtra.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtra.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtra.ɣos/
Noun
τρᾰ́γος • (trágos) m (genitive τρᾰ́γου); second declension
- billy-goat
- Τὴν αἶγα ὁ τράγος ἀγαπᾷ.
- Tḕn aîga ho trágos agapâi.
- The billy-goat loves the she-goat.
- Antonym: αἴξ (aíx)
- male sprat
- spelt (Triticum spelta)
- A rough kind of sponge.
- (in Messenia) common fig Ficus carica)
- Synonym: ἐρῑνεός (erīneós)
- horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)
- Synonym: ἐφέδρᾰ (ephédra)
- stinking nard (Valeriana saxatilis)
- (anatomy) part of the ear; tragus
- A kind of light Lycian ship.
- (astronomy) A kind of comet.
- (astronomy) One of the constellations of the δωδεκᾰ́ωρος (dōdekáōros).
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τρᾰ́γος ho trágos |
τὼ τρᾰ́γω tṑ trágō |
οἱ τρᾰ́γοι hoi trágoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τρᾰ́γου toû trágou |
τοῖν τρᾰ́γοιν toîn trágoin |
τῶν τρᾰ́γων tôn trágōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τρᾰ́γῳ tôi trágōi |
τοῖν τρᾰ́γοιν toîn trágoin |
τοῖς τρᾰ́γοις toîs trágois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τρᾰ́γον tòn trágon |
τὼ τρᾰ́γω tṑ trágō |
τοὺς τρᾰ́γους toùs trágous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρᾰ́γε tráge |
τρᾰ́γω trágō |
τρᾰ́γοι trágoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ᾰ̓ντῐ́τρᾰγος (antítragos)
- βούτρᾰγος (boútragos)
- τρᾰ́γαινᾰ (trágaina)
- τρᾰγᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ (tragákantha)
- τρᾰγᾰ́ω (tragáō)
- τρᾰ́γειος (trágeios)
- τρᾰγέλᾰφος (tragélaphos)
- τρᾰ́γεος (trágeos)
- τρᾰγῆ (tragê)
- τρᾰγῐ́ᾰμβος (tragíambos)
- τρᾰγῐ́δῐον (tragídion)
- τρᾰγῐ́ζω (tragízō)
- τρᾰγῐκός (tragikós)
- τρᾰ́γῐνος (tráginos)
- τρᾰ́γῐον (trágion)
- τρᾰγῐ́σκος (tragískos)
- τρᾰγῐστᾰ́ς (tragistás)
- τρᾰγοβᾱ́μων (tragobā́mōn)
- τρᾰγοειδής (tragoeidḗs)
- τρᾰγόκερως (tragókerōs)
- τρᾰγοκουρῐκός (tragokourikós)
- τρᾰγόκτονος (tragóktonos)
- τρᾰγομᾰ́σχᾰλος (tragomáskhalos)
- τρᾰγόπᾱν (tragópān)
- τρᾰγόπους (tragópous)
- τρᾰγοπρόσωπος (tragoprósōpos)
- τρᾰγοπτῐσᾰ́νη (tragoptisánē)
- τρᾰγοπώγων (tragopṓgōn)
- τρᾰγορῑ́γᾰνον (tragorī́ganon)
- τρᾰγορῑ́γᾰνος (tragorī́ganos)
- τρᾰγοσκελής (tragoskelḗs)
- τρᾰγοφᾰγέω (tragophagéō)
- τρᾰγῳδός (tragōidós)
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τράγος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1497-8
Further reading
- “τράγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τράγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τράγος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τράγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- τράγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “τράγος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5131 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- goat idem, page 365.
- “τράγος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Pronunciation
Noun
τράγος • (trágos) m (plural τράγοι)
- billy goat, male goat
- (anatomy) tragus
- (colloquial, derogatory) sleaze, sleazeball, sleazebag (a lecherous man)
- (colloquial, derogatory) priest (especially one with a long beard; compare: τραγόπαπας (tragópapas))
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τράγος (trágos) | τράγοι (trágoi) |
| genitive | τράγου (trágou) | τράγων (trágon) |
| accusative | τράγο (trágo) | τράγους (trágous) |
| vocative | τράγε (tráge) | τράγοι (trágoi) |
Derived terms
- αποδιοπομπαίος τράγος m (apodiopompaíos trágos, “scapegoat”)
- τράγειος m (trágeios, “goat, hircine”)
- τραγελαφικός m (tragelafikós, “grotesque”)
- τραγέλαφος m (tragélafos, “a fantastic creature, half goat and half deer”)