τραγανός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tra.ɡa.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tra.ɡaˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tra.ɣaˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tra.ɣaˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tra.ɣaˈnos/

Etymology 1

τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”) +‎ -ανός (-anós).^[1]

Alternative forms

τράγος (trágos)

Noun

τρᾰγᾰνός • (traganós) m (genitive τρᾰγᾰνοῦ); second declension

goat

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τρᾰγᾰνός; τοῦ τρᾰγᾰνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τρᾰγᾰνός ho traganós	τὼ τρᾰγᾰνώ tṑ traganṓ	οἱ τρᾰγᾰνοί hoi traganoí
Genitive	τοῦ τρᾰγᾰνοῦ toû traganoû	τοῖν τρᾰγᾰνοῖν toîn traganoîn	τῶν τρᾰγᾰνῶν tôn traganôn
Dative	τῷ τρᾰγᾰνῷ tôi traganôi	τοῖν τρᾰγᾰνοῖν toîn traganoîn	τοῖς τρᾰγᾰνοῖς toîs traganoîs
Accusative	τὸν τρᾰγᾰνόν tòn traganón	τὼ τρᾰγᾰνώ tṑ traganṓ	τοὺς τρᾰγᾰνούς toùs traganoús
Vocative	τρᾰγᾰνέ tragané	τρᾰγᾰνώ traganṓ	τρᾰγᾰνοί traganoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

From the zero-grade aorist of τρώγω (trṓgō, “I chew, eat”).^[2]

Adjective

τρᾰγᾰνός • (traganós) m (feminine τρᾰγᾰνή, neuter τρᾰγᾰνόν); first/second declension

Inflection

First and second declension of τρᾰγᾰνός; τρᾰγᾰνή; τρᾰγᾰνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	τρᾰγᾰνός traganós	τρᾰγᾰνή traganḗ	τρᾰγᾰνόν traganón	τρᾰγᾰνώ traganṓ	τρᾰγᾰνᾱ́ traganā́	τρᾰγᾰνώ traganṓ	τρᾰγᾰνοί traganoí	τρᾰγᾰναί traganaí	τρᾰγᾰνᾰ́ traganá
Genitive	τρᾰγᾰνοῦ traganoû	τρᾰγᾰνῆς traganês	τρᾰγᾰνοῦ traganoû	τρᾰγᾰνοῖν traganoîn	τρᾰγᾰναῖν traganaîn	τρᾰγᾰνοῖν traganoîn	τρᾰγᾰνῶν traganôn	τρᾰγᾰνῶν traganôn	τρᾰγᾰνῶν traganôn
Dative	τρᾰγᾰνῷ traganôi	τρᾰγᾰνῇ traganêi	τρᾰγᾰνῷ traganôi	τρᾰγᾰνοῖν traganoîn	τρᾰγᾰναῖν traganaîn	τρᾰγᾰνοῖν traganoîn	τρᾰγᾰνοῖς traganoîs	τρᾰγᾰναῖς traganaîs	τρᾰγᾰνοῖς traganoîs
Accusative	τρᾰγᾰνόν traganón	τρᾰγᾰνήν traganḗn	τρᾰγᾰνόν traganón	τρᾰγᾰνώ traganṓ	τρᾰγᾰνᾱ́ traganā́	τρᾰγᾰνώ traganṓ	τρᾰγᾰνούς traganoús	τρᾰγᾰνᾱ́ς traganā́s	τρᾰγᾰνᾰ́ traganá
Vocative	τρᾰγᾰνέ tragané	τρᾰγᾰνή traganḗ	τρᾰγᾰνόν traganón	τρᾰγᾰνώ traganṓ	τρᾰγᾰνᾱ́ traganā́	τρᾰγᾰνώ traganṓ	τρᾰγᾰνοί traganoí	τρᾰγᾰναί traganaí	τρᾰγᾰνᾰ́ traganá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	τρᾰγᾰνῶς traganôs			τρᾰγᾰνώτερος traganṓteros			τρᾰγᾰνώτᾰτος traganṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τράγος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1497-8
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τρώγω (> DER > B > 1. τραγ-ανός)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1514-5

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Inflection

Etymology 2

Adjective

Inflection

References

Further reading