tragema

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τράγημα (trágēma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /traˈɡeː.ma/, [t̪räˈɡeːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /traˈd͡ʒe.ma/, [t̪räˈd͡ʒɛːmä]

Noun

tragēma n (genitive tragēmatis); third declension

1. sweetmeat, dessert, confectionery
   • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 13.11.7:

     nam quae pemmata Graecī aut tragēmata dīxērunt, ea veterēs nostrī bellāria appellāvērunt.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tragēma	tragēmata
Genitive	tragēmatis	tragēmatum
Dative	tragēmatī	tragēmatibus
Accusative	tragēma	tragēmata
Ablative	tragēmate	tragēmatibus
Vocative	tragēma	tragēmata

References

• tragemata in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• tragemata in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “tragemata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press