τράγαινα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τράγος (trágos, “goat”) + -αινᾰ (-aină).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /trá.ɡai̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtra.ɡɛ.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtra.ʝɛ.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtra.ʝe.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtra.ʝe.na/
Noun
τράγαινᾰ • (trágaină) f (genitive τρᾰγαίνης); first declension
- barren she-goat
- hermaphrodite
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τρᾰ́γαινᾰ hē trắgaină |
τὼ τρᾰγαίνᾱ tṑ trăgaínā |
αἱ τρᾰ́γαιναι hai trắgainai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τρᾰγαίνης tês trăgaínēs |
τοῖν τρᾰγαίναιν toîn trăgaínain |
τῶν τρᾰγαινῶν tôn trăgainôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τρᾰγαίνῃ tēî trăgaínēi |
τοῖν τρᾰγαίναιν toîn trăgaínain |
ταῖς τρᾰγαίναις taîs trăgaínais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τρᾰ́γαινᾰν tḕn trắgainăn |
τὼ τρᾰγαίνᾱ tṑ trăgaínā |
τᾱ̀ς τρᾰγαίνᾱς tā̀s trăgaínās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρᾰ́γαινᾰ trắgaină |
τρᾰγαίνᾱ trăgaínā |
τρᾰ́γαιναι trắgainai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “τράγαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τράγαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette