tragus

See also: Tragus and trăguș

English

A human external ear, labelled, with tragus at centre right

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin tragus, from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat; part of the ear”); with reference to a tuft of hair, likened to a goat’s beard, that may grow on the tragus, especially in older men.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪ.ɡəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪɡəs

Noun

tragus (plural tragi)

1. (anatomy) The small piece of thick cartilage on the inner side of the external ear that is immediately in front of and partly closing the ear canal.

Derived terms

• antitragus
• intertragic
• post-tragus
• tragal

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: tragus (ca) m
• Greek: τράγος (el) m (trágos)
• Icelandic: forhyrna f, hlustarhár n
• Italian: trago m
• Japanese: 耳珠 (ja) (じじゅ, jiju)
• Maori: popoia
• Ottoman Turkish: وتد (veted)
• Portuguese: trago (pt), tragus
• Spanish: trago (es)

References

• “tragus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “tragus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Struga, tugras

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “a he-goat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ɡus/, [ˈt̪räɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ɡus/, [ˈt̪räːɡus]

Noun

tragus m (genitive tragī); second declension

1. The goatlike smell of the armpits.
2. A kind of fish.

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tragus	tragī
Genitive	tragī	tragōrum
Dative	tragō	tragīs
Accusative	tragum	tragōs
Ablative	tragō	tragīs
Vocative	trage	tragī

Descendants

→ English: tragus

References

• “tragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press