τράγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρᾰ́γω (trắgō, “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 • (trắgos) 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 (ephédră)

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 (dōdekắōros).

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τρᾰ́γος; τοῦ τρᾰ́γου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τρᾰ́γος ho trắgos	τὼ τρᾰ́γω tṑ trắgō	οἱ τρᾰ́γοι hoi trắgoi
Genitive	τοῦ τρᾰ́γου toû trắgou	τοῖν τρᾰ́γοιν toîn trắgoin	τῶν τρᾰ́γων tôn trắgōn
Dative	τῷ τρᾰ́γῳ tôi trắgōi	τοῖν τρᾰ́γοιν toîn trắgoin	τοῖς τρᾰ́γοις toîs trắgois
Accusative	τὸν τρᾰ́γον tòn trắgon	τὼ τρᾰ́γω tṑ trắgō	τοὺς τρᾰ́γους toùs trắgous
Vocative	τρᾰ́γε trắge	τρᾰ́γω trắgō	τρᾰ́γοι trắgoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓ντῐ́τρᾰγος (ăntĭ́trăgos)
• βούτρᾰγος (boútrăgos)
• τρᾰ́γαινᾰ (trắgaină)
• τρᾰγᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ (trăgắkănthă)
• τρᾰγᾰ́ω (trăgắō)
• τρᾰ́γειος (trắgeios)
• τρᾰγέλᾰφος (trăgélăphos)
• τρᾰ́γεος (trắgeos)
• τρᾰγῆ (trăgê)
• τρᾰγῐ́ᾰμβος (trăgĭ́ămbos)
• τρᾰγῐ́δῐον (trăgĭ́dĭon)
• τρᾰγῐ́ζω (trăgĭ́zō)
• τρᾰγῐκός (trăgĭkós)
• τρᾰ́γῐνος (trắgĭnos)
• τρᾰ́γῐον (trắgĭon)
• τρᾰγῐ́σκος (trăgĭ́skos)
• τρᾰγῐστᾰ́ς (trăgĭstắs)
• τρᾰγοβᾱ́μων (trăgobā́mōn)
• τρᾰγοειδής (trăgoeidḗs)
• τρᾰγόκερως (trăgókerōs)
• τρᾰγοκουρῐκός (trăgokourĭkós)
• τρᾰγόκτονος (trăgóktonos)
• τρᾰγομᾰ́σχᾰλος (trăgomắskhălos)
• τρᾰγόπᾱν (trăgópān)
• τρᾰγόπους (trăgópous)
• τρᾰγοπρόσωπος (trăgoprósōpos)
• τρᾰγοπτῐσᾰ́νη (trăgoptĭsắnē)
• τρᾰγοπώγων (trăgopṓgōn)
• τρᾰγορῑ́γᾰνον (trăgorī́gănon)
• τρᾰγορῑ́γᾰνος (trăgorī́gănos)
• τρᾰγοσκελής (trăgoskelḗs)
• τρᾰγοφᾰγέω (trăgophăgéō)
• τρᾰγῳδός (trăgōidós)

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)”)