tragema

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τράγημα (trágēma).

Pronunciation

Noun

tragēma n (genitive tragēmatis); third declension

  1. sweetmeat, dessert, confectionery
    • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 13.11.7:
      nam quae pemmata Graecī aut tragēmata dīxērunt, ea veterēs nostrī bellāria appellāvērunt.
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Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative tragēma tragēmata
genitive tragēmatis tragēmatum
dative tragēmatī tragēmatibus
accusative tragēma tragēmata
ablative tragēmate tragēmatibus
vocative tragēma tragēmata

References

  • tragemata in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tragemata in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • tragemata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press