tragula
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”). Related to Latin trahō (“I drag”) and tergus (“back, rear”), Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō), English drag, draw, trigger, track.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtraː.ɡu.la/, [ˈt̪räːɡʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtra.ɡu.la/, [ˈt̪räːɡulä]
Noun
trāgula f (genitive trāgulae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | trāgula | trāgulae |
| Genitive | trāgulae | trāgulārum |
| Dative | trāgulae | trāgulīs |
| Accusative | trāgulam | trāgulās |
| Ablative | trāgulā | trāgulīs |
| Vocative | trāgula | trāgulae |
Descendants
- Dalmatian: tragala
- French: traille
- Galician: tralla
- Italian: tragula
- Portuguese: tralha, trelha
- Spanish: tralla, traílla, trágula
References
- “tragula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tragula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tragula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “tragula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers