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τράγος

tragos

he-goat, buck

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. τράγος · tragos — Beekes

τράγος [m.] ‘he-goat, buck’, also metaphorically ‘smell of a he-goat’ (epic Ion. poet. 1 239+, Hell. and late prose), often ‘puberty’, ‘lechery’ (Luc.); name of a fish = male μαινίς (Arist. etc.); several plant-names, e.g. = ἐρινεός in Messenia (Paus.), ‘spelt’ (Dsc. and others), name of a constellation of the Dodekaoros (Cat. Cod. Astr.), comet’s name (Lyd. Ost.). 4 GR> eCOMP τραγοπώγων [m.] plant name ‘goatsbeard, … — [Beekes, s.v. τράγος, p. 1548]

2. τράγος · tragos — Chantraine

τράγος Le grec moderne ἃ gardé τόσος, τοσοῦτος, etc. — [Chantraine, s.v. τράγος, p. 1146]

3. τράγος · tragos — Chantraine

τράγος : m. « bouc », aussi par métonymie « odeur de bouc» (Od. 9, 239, ionien, prose hellén. et tardive); « puberté » (médec.), « salacité s (Luc.) ; nom de poisson, le mâle de la μαινίς (Arist., etc.), pour 165 raisons possibles de cette dénomination cf. Strémberg, Fischnamen 102; nom dé diverses plantes, p. ex., espèce d'éphèdre (Pline, Dsc.), figuier sauvage en Messénie (Paus, 4, 20, 2), pour la justification du … — [Chantraine, s.v. τράγος, p. 1146]

4. τράγος · tragos — Chantraine

τράγος épiclèse d’'Aphrodite (Plu. Thés. 18, inscriptions attiques de l’époque impériale) est d’un sens tout différent « assise sur un bouc», comme elle est représentée sur divers monuments figurés, cf. la note de R. Flacelière, Plutarque, Vies 1, 225. Sur τραγῳδός, voir s.u. ᾿ Dérivés : 1. τραγ-ίσκος m. « petit bouc » (Théoc., AP), nom d’un poisson de mer non identifié sûrement (Marcell. Sid. 23, cf. Thompson, … — [Chantraine, s.v. τράγος, p. 1147]

5. τράγος · tragos — LSJ

he-goat, goat, like a goat

he-goat, Od. 9.239, Pi. Fr. 201; opp. αἴξ (she-goat), Hdt. 2.46, PCair.Zen. 328.19 (iii B. C.), etc.; τῶν αἰγῶν τῶν τράγων Hdt. 3.112; τράγος γένειον . . πενθήσεις you will mourn your beard like the goat in the proverb, A. Fr. 207; Κιλίκιοι τράγοι, of longhaired men, Com.Adesp. 806; of men, τράγου ὄζειν, τράγου πνεῖν, to smell like a goat, AP 9.368 (Jul. Imp., perh. with play on signf. III), 11.240 (Lucill.), cf. Gal. 17(2).152.

2 the age when change of voice and other signs of puberty appear

the age when change of voice and other signs of puberty appear, Hp. Epid. 6.4.21, Gal. UP 14.7.

b the change of the voice which takes place at this age

the change of the voice which takes place at this age, dub. in PLond. 1821.150; cf. τραγάω, τραγίζω.

3 lewdness, lechery

lewdness, lechery, Luc. Ep.Sat. 28.

II

the male of the fish μαινίς, Arist. HA 607b14, Clearch. 73, Gal. Vict.Att. 8, Opp. H. 1.108.

III spelt

spelt, Dsc. 2.93, Sor. 2.44, Gal. 15.455, Artem. 1.68.

IV sponge

a rough kind of sponge, Arist. HA 548b5, Dsc. 5.120.

V the wild fig, goat

among the Messenians, the wild fig, = ἐρινεός, Paus. 4.20.2, cf. Orac. ap. D.S. 8.21 (where perh. = goat).

2

= ἐφέδρα III, Dsc. 4.51, Plin. HN 13.116, 27.142.

3 stinking nard, Valeriana saxatilis

stinking nard, Valeriana saxatilis, Dsc. 1.8.

VI

part of the ear (cf. ἀντίτραγος), Poll. 2.85, 86, Ruf. Onom. 44.

VII

a kind of light Lycian ship, Poll. 1.83.

VIII comet

a kind of comet, Lyd. Ost. 10b.

2

a constellation of the δωδεκάωρος, Teucer in Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.204, 8(4).198, Id. in Boll, Sphaera 48.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τράγος (scan pp. 1548-1549; entry #6128).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τράγος (scan p. 1147; entry #8085).

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