τράγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Agent noun formed from τράγω (trágō) +‎ -ος (-os), a Doric form of τρώγω (trṓgō, “gnaw, nibble”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin or perhaps cognate with Old Armenian արածեմ (aracem).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

τρᾰ́γος • (trágos) m (genitive τρᾰ́γου); second declension

  1. a male goat
    1. the age of puberty
      1. the voice change that takes place in puberty
    2. lewdness, lechery
  2. the male of the μαινίς fish
  3. spelt grain
  4. a rough kind of sponge
  5. the wild fig
  6. the tragus, part of the ear
  7. a kind of Lycian ship
  8. a kind of comet

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ τρᾰ́γος; τοῦ τρᾰ́γου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τρᾰ́γος
ho trágos		 τὼ τρᾰ́γω
tṑ trágō		 οἱ τρᾰ́γοι
hoi trágoi
Genitive τοῦ τρᾰ́γου
toû trágou		 τοῖν τρᾰ́γοιν
toîn trágoin		 τῶν τρᾰ́γων
tôn trágōn
Dative τῷ τρᾰ́γῳ
tôi trágōi		 τοῖν τρᾰ́γοιν
toîn trágoin		 τοῖς τρᾰ́γοις
toîs trágois
Accusative τὸν τρᾰ́γον
tòn trágon		 τὼ τρᾰ́γω
tṑ trágō		 τοὺς τρᾰ́γους
toùs trágous
Vocative τρᾰ́γε
tráge		 τρᾰ́γω
trágō		 τρᾰ́γοι
trágoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Further reading

Greek

Noun

τράγος • (trágos) m (plural τράγοι)

  1. billy goat, male goat
  2. (anatomy) tragus
  3. (colloquial, derogatory) sleaze, sleazeball, sleazebag (a lecherous man)
  4. (colloquial, derogatory) priest (especially one with a long beard; compare: τραγόπαπας (tragópapas))

Declension
declension of τράγος
singular plural
nominative τράγος • τράγοι •
genitive τράγου • τράγων •
accusative τράγο • τράγους •
vocative τράγε • τράγοι •

Derived terms
  • αποδιοπομπαίος τράγος m (apodiopompaíos trágos, “scapegoat”)
  • τράγειος m (trágeios, “goat, hircine”)
  • τραγελαφικός m (tragelafikós, “grotesque”)
  • τραγέλαφος m (tragélafos, “a fantastic creature, half goat and half deer”)

See also
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