τραγάκανθα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • τραγακάνθη (tragakánthē), τραγάκανθος (tragákanthos)

Etymology

From τράγος (trágos, “goat”) +‎ ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰ • (trăgắkanthă) f (genitive τρᾰγᾰκάνθης); first declension

  1. tragacanth (Astragalus tragacantha)
  2. gum obtained from this plant

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰ; τῆς τρᾰγᾰκάνθης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰ
hē trăgắkanthă 		τὼ τρᾰγᾰκάνθᾱ
tṑ trăgăkánthā 		αἱ τρᾰγᾰ́κανθαι
hai trăgắkanthai
Genitive τῆς τρᾰγᾰκάνθης
tês trăgăkánthēs 		τοῖν τρᾰγᾰκάνθαιν
toîn trăgăkánthain 		τῶν τρᾰγᾰκανθῶν
tôn trăgăkanthôn
Dative τῇ τρᾰγᾰκάνθῃ
tēî trăgăkánthēi 		τοῖν τρᾰγᾰκάνθαιν
toîn trăgăkánthain 		ταῖς τρᾰγᾰκάνθαις
taîs trăgăkánthais
Accusative τὴν τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰν
tḕn trăgắkanthăn 		τὼ τρᾰγᾰκάνθᾱ
tṑ trăgăkánthā 		τᾱ̀ς τρᾰγᾰκάνθᾱς
tā̀s trăgăkánthās
Vocative τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰ
trăgắkanthă 		τρᾰγᾰκάνθᾱ
trăgăkánthā 		τρᾰγᾰ́κανθαι
trăgắkanthai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: tragacanth

References

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