τράγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trá.ɡi.on/ → /ˈtra.ʝi.on/ → /ˈtra.ʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trá.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ʝi.on/

Noun

τρᾰ́γῐον • (trágion) n (genitive τρᾰγῐ́ου); second declension

1. stinking tutsan (Hypericum hircinum)
2. pimpernel (Pimpinella tragium)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τρᾰ́γῐον; τοῦ τρᾰγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρᾰ́γῐον tò trágion	τὼ τρᾰγῐ́ω tṑ tragíō	τᾰ̀ τρᾰ́γῐᾰ tà trágia
Genitive	τοῦ τρᾰγῐ́ου toû tragíou	τοῖν τρᾰγῐ́οιν toîn tragíoin	τῶν τρᾰγῐ́ων tôn tragíōn
Dative	τῷ τρᾰγῐ́ῳ tôi tragíōi	τοῖν τρᾰγῐ́οιν toîn tragíoin	τοῖς τρᾰγῐ́οις toîs tragíois
Accusative	τὸ τρᾰ́γῐον tò trágion	τὼ τρᾰγῐ́ω tṑ tragíō	τᾰ̀ τρᾰ́γῐᾰ tà trágia
Vocative	τρᾰ́γῐον trágion	τρᾰγῐ́ω tragíō	τρᾰ́γῐᾰ trágia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “τράγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τράγιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette