τραγανός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tra.ɡa.nós/ → /tra.ɣaˈnos/ → /tra.ɣaˈnos/

• (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).

Alternative forms

• τράγος (trágos)

Noun

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

1. 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”).

Adjective

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

1. edible
2. crunchy, cartilaginous

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
		τρᾰγᾰνῶς traganôs				τρᾰγᾰνώτερος traganṓteros				τρᾰγᾰνώτᾰτος traganṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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