τράγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρᾰ́γω (trágō, “to gnaw, nibble”) +‎ -ος (-os, “nominal suffix”), literally “gnawer, eater (of sweets)”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trá.ɡos/ → /ˈtra.ɣos/ → /ˈtra.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trá.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ɣos/

Noun

τρᾰ́γος • (trágos) m (genitive τρᾰ́γου); second declension

1. billy-goat

   Τὴν αἶγα ὁ τράγος ἀγαπᾷ.

   Tḕn aîga ho trágos agapâi.

   The billy-goat loves the she-goat.

   Antonym: αἴξ (aíx)

   1. age when change of voice and other signs of puberty appears
      1. voice change that takes place in puberty
   2. lewdness, lechery
2. male sprat
3. spelt (Triticum spelta)
4. A rough kind of sponge.
5. (in Messenia) common fig Ficus carica)

   Synonym: ἐρῑνεός (erīneós)

6. horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)

   Synonym: ἐφέδρᾰ (ephédra)

7. stinking nard (Valeriana saxatilis)
8. (anatomy) part of the ear; tragus
9. A kind of light Lycian ship.
10. (astronomy) A kind of comet.
    1. (astronomy) One of the constellations of the δωδεκᾰ́ωρος (dōdekáōros).

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τρᾰ́γος; τοῦ τρᾰ́γου (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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

• Tsakonian: τσ̌άο (tšáo)
• → Latin: tragus
  • → English: tragus

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • goat idem, page 365.
• “τράγος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.ɣos/

Noun

τράγος • (trágos) m (plural τράγοι)

1. billy goat, male goat
2. (anatomy) tragus
3. (colloquial, derogatory) sleaze, sleazeball, sleazebag (a lecherous man)
4. (colloquial, derogatory) priest (especially one with a long beard; compare: τραγόπαπας (tragópapas))

Declension

Declension of τράγος

	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”)

See also

• γίδα f (gída, “goat”)
• κατσίκι n (katsíki, “kid (goat)”)