# τράγος
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From τρᾰ́γω (trắgō, “to gnaw, nibble”) +‎ -ος (-os, “nominal suffix”), literally “gnawer, eater (of sweets)”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /trá.ɡos/ → /ˈtra.ɣos/ → /ˈtra.ɣos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /trá.ɡos/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈtra.ɡos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈtra.ɣos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈtra.ɣos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈtra.ɣos/

### Noun

τρᾰ́γος • (trắgos) m (genitive τρᾰ́γου); second declension
* billy-goat
    Τὴν αἶγα ὁ τράγος ἀγαπᾷ.Tḕn aîga ho trágos agapâi.The billy-goat loves the she-goat.
    Antonym: αἴξ (aíx)
** age when change of voice and other signs of puberty appears
*** voice change that takes place in puberty
** lewdness, lechery
* male sprat
* spelt (Triticum spelta)
* A rough kind of sponge.
* (in Messenia) common fig Ficus carica)
    Synonym: ἐρῑνεός (erīneós)
* horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)
    Synonym: ἐφέδρᾰ (ephédră)
* stinking nard (Valeriana saxatilis)
* (anatomy) part of the ear; tragus
* A kind of light Lycian ship.
* (astronomy) A kind of comet.
** (astronomy) One of the constellations of the δωδεκᾰ́ωρος (dōdekắōros).
* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

#### Derived terms

* ᾰ̓ντῐ́τρᾰγος (ăntĭ́trăgos)
* βούτρᾰγος (boútrăgos)
* τρᾰ́γαινᾰ (trắgaină)
* τρᾰγᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ (trăgắkănthă)
* τρᾰγᾰ́ω (trăgắō)
* τρᾰ́γειος (trắgeios)
* τρᾰγέλᾰφος (trăgélăphos)
* τρᾰ́γεος (trắgeos)
* τρᾰγῆ (trăgê)
* τρᾰγῐ́ᾰμβος (trăgĭ́ămbos)
* τρᾰγῐ́δῐον (trăgĭ́dĭon)
* τρᾰγῐ́ζω (trăgĭ́zō)
* τρᾰγῐκός (trăgĭkós)
* τρᾰ́γῐνος (trắgĭnos)
* τρᾰ́γῐον (trắgĭon)
* τρᾰγῐ́σκος (trăgĭ́skos)
* τρᾰγῐστᾰ́ς (trăgĭstắs)
* τρᾰγοβᾱ́μων (trăgobā́mōn)
* τρᾰγοειδής (trăgoeidḗs)
* τρᾰγόκερως (trăgókerōs)
* τρᾰγοκουρῐκός (trăgokourĭkós)
* τρᾰγόκτονος (trăgóktonos)
* τρᾰγομᾰ́σχᾰλος (trăgomắskhălos)
* τρᾰγόπᾱν (trăgópān)
* τρᾰγόπους (trăgópous)
* τρᾰγοπρόσωπος (trăgoprósōpos)
* τρᾰγοπτῐσᾰ́νη (trăgoptĭsắnē)
* τρᾰγοπώγων (trăgopṓgōn)
* τρᾰγορῑ́γᾰνον (trăgorī́gănon)
* τρᾰγορῑ́γᾰνος (trăgorī́gănos)
* τρᾰγοσκελής (trăgoskelḗs)
* τρᾰγοφᾰγέω (trăgophăgéō)
* τρᾰγῳδός (trăgōidós)

#### Descendants

* Tsakonian: τσ̌άο (tšáo)
* → Latin: tragus
** → English: tragus

### 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

### Further reading

* “τράγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “τράγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “τράγος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* τράγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* τράγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “τράγος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G5131 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. goat idem, page 365.
* “τράγος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

## Greek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾa.ɣos/

### Noun

τράγος • (trágos) m (plural τράγοι)
* billy goat, male goat
* (anatomy) tragus
* (colloquial, derogatory) sleaze, sleazeball, sleazebag (a lecherous man)
* (colloquial, derogatory) priest (especially one with a long beard; compare: τραγόπαπας (tragópapas))

#### Derived terms

* αποδιοπομπαίος τράγος m (apodiopompaíos trágos, “scapegoat”)
* τράγειος m (trágeios, “goat, hircine”)
* τραγελαφικός m (tragelafikós, “grotesque”)
* τραγέλαφος m (tragélafos, “a fantastic creature, half goat and half deer”)

#### See also

* γίδα f (gída, “goat”)
* κατσίκι n (katsíki, “kid (goat)”)