τράγαινα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τράγος (trágos, “goat”) + -αινᾰ (-aina).
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 • (trágaina) f (genitive τρᾰγαίνης); first declension
- barren she-goat
- hermaphrodite
Inflection
First declension of ἡ τρᾰ́γαινᾰ; τῆς τρᾰγαίνης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ τρᾰ́γαινᾰ hē trágaina | τὼ τρᾰγαίνᾱ tṑ tragaínā | αἱ τρᾰ́γαιναι hai trágainai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς τρᾰγαίνης tês tragaínēs | τοῖν τρᾰγαίναιν toîn tragaínain | τῶν τρᾰγαινῶν tôn tragainôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ τρᾰγαίνῃ têi tragaínēi | τοῖν τρᾰγαίναιν toîn tragaínain | ταῖς τρᾰγαίναις taîs tragaínais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν τρᾰ́γαινᾰν tḕn trágainan | τὼ τρᾰγαίνᾱ tṑ tragaínā | τᾱ̀ς τρᾰγαίνᾱς tā̀s tragaínās | ||||||||||
Vocative | τρᾰ́γαινᾰ trágaina | τρᾰγαίνᾱ tragaínā | τρᾰ́γαιναι trágainai | ||||||||||
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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