τράγαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τράγος (trágos, “goat”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aină).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trá.ɡai̯.na/ → /ˈtra.ʝɛ.na/ → /ˈtra.ʝe.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trá.ɡai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ɡɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ʝɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ʝe.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ʝe.na/

Noun

τράγαινᾰ • (trágaină) f (genitive τρᾰγαίνης); first declension

1. barren she-goat
2. hermaphrodite

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τρᾰ́γαινᾰ; τῆς τρᾰγαίνης (Attic)

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 têi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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