τράγαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (trágaina) 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 trágaina	τὼ τρᾰγαίνᾱ tṑ tragaínā	αἱ τρᾰ́γαιναι hai trágainai
Genitive	τῆς τρᾰγαίνης tês tragaínēs	τοῖν τρᾰγαίναιν toîn tragaínain	τῶν τρᾰγαινῶν tôn tragainôn
Dative	τῇ τρᾰγαίνῃ têi tragaínēi	τοῖν τρᾰγαίναιν toîn tragaínain	ταῖς τρᾰγαίναις taîs tragaínais
Accusative	τὴν τρᾰ́γαινᾰν tḕn trágainan	τὼ τρᾰγαίνᾱ tṑ tragaínā	τᾱ̀ς τρᾰγαίνᾱς tā̀s tragaínās
Vocative	τρᾰ́γαινᾰ trágaina	τρᾰγαίνᾱ tragaínā	τρᾰ́γαιναι trágainai
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