τραγάκανθα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τραγακάνθη (tragakánthē), τραγάκανθος (tragákanthos)

Etymology

From τράγος (trágos, “goat”) +‎ ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tra.ɡá.kan.tʰa/ → /traˈɣa.kan.θa/ → /traˈɣa.kan.θa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tra.ɡá.kan.tʰa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /traˈɡa.kan.tʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /traˈɣa.kan.θa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /traˈɣa.kan.θa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /traˈɣa.kan.θa/

Noun

τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰ • (tragákantha) f (genitive τρᾰγᾰκάνθης); first declension

1. tragacanth (Astragalus tragacantha)
2. gum obtained from this plant

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰ; τῆς τρᾰγᾰκάνθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰ hē tragákantha	τὼ τρᾰγᾰκάνθᾱ tṑ tragakánthā	αἱ τρᾰγᾰ́κανθαι hai tragákanthai
Genitive	τῆς τρᾰγᾰκάνθης tês tragakánthēs	τοῖν τρᾰγᾰκάνθαιν toîn tragakánthain	τῶν τρᾰγᾰκανθῶν tôn tragakanthôn
Dative	τῇ τρᾰγᾰκάνθῃ têi tragakánthēi	τοῖν τρᾰγᾰκάνθαιν toîn tragakánthain	ταῖς τρᾰγᾰκάνθαις taîs tragakánthais
Accusative	τὴν τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰν tḕn tragákanthan	τὼ τρᾰγᾰκάνθᾱ tṑ tragakánthā	τᾱ̀ς τρᾰγᾰκάνθᾱς tā̀s tragakánthās
Vocative	τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰ tragákantha	τρᾰγᾰκάνθᾱ tragakánthā	τρᾰγᾰ́κανθαι tragákanthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: tragacanth

References

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