τραγάκανθα
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- τραγακάνθη (tragakánthē), τραγάκανθος (tragákanthos)
Etymology[edit]
From τράγος (trágos, “goat”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tra.ɡá.kan.tʰa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /traˈɡa.kan.tʰa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /traˈɣa.kan.θa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /traˈɣa.kan.θa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /traˈɣa.kan.θa/
Noun[edit]
τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰ • (tragákantha) f (genitive τρᾰγᾰκάνθης); first declension
- tragacanth (Astragalus tragacantha)
- gum obtained from this plant
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰ hē tragákantha |
τὼ τρᾰγᾰκάνθᾱ tṑ tragakánthā |
αἱ τρᾰγᾰ́κανθαι hai tragákanthai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς τρᾰγᾰκάνθης tês tragakánthēs |
τοῖν τρᾰγᾰκάνθαιν toîn tragakánthain |
τῶν τρᾰγᾰκανθῶν tôn tragakanthôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ τρᾰγᾰκάνθῃ têi tragakánthēi |
τοῖν τρᾰγᾰκάνθαιν toîn tragakánthain |
ταῖς τρᾰγᾰκάνθαις taîs tragakánthais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰν tḕn tragákanthan |
τὼ τρᾰγᾰκάνθᾱ tṑ tragakánthā |
τᾱ̀ς τρᾰγᾰκάνθᾱς tā̀s tragakánthās | ||||||||||
Vocative | τρᾰγᾰ́κανθᾰ tragákantha |
τρᾰγᾰκάνθᾱ tragakánthā |
τρᾰγᾰ́κανθαι tragákanthai | ||||||||||
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Descendants[edit]
- → English: tragacanth
References[edit]
- “τραγάκανθα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τραγάκανθα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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