τράγημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρώγω (trṓgō, “to gnaw”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trá.ɡɛː.ma/ → /ˈtra.ʝi.ma/ → /ˈtra.ʝi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trá.ɡɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ɡe̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ʝi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ʝi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ʝi.ma/

Noun

τρᾰ́γημᾰ • (trágēma) n (genitive τρᾰγήμᾰτος); third declension

1. (mostly in the plural) dried fruits or sweetmeats, eaten as dessert

   Synonym: τρωγᾰ́λῐᾰ (trōgália)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τρᾰ́γημᾰ; τοῦ τρᾰγήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρᾰ́γημᾰ tò trágēma	τὼ τρᾰγήμᾰτε tṑ tragḗmate	τᾰ̀ τρᾰγήμᾰτᾰ tà tragḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ τρᾰγήμᾰτος toû tragḗmatos	τοῖν τρᾰγημᾰ́τοιν toîn tragēmátoin	τῶν τρᾰγημᾰ́των tôn tragēmátōn
Dative	τῷ τρᾰγήμᾰτῐ tôi tragḗmati	τοῖν τρᾰγημᾰ́τοιν toîn tragēmátoin	τοῖς τρᾰγήμᾰσῐ / τρᾰγήμᾰσῐν toîs tragḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τρᾰ́γημᾰ tò trágēma	τὼ τρᾰγήμᾰτε tṑ tragḗmate	τᾰ̀ τρᾰγήμᾰτᾰ tà tragḗmata
Vocative	τρᾰ́γημᾰ trágēma	τρᾰγήμᾰτε tragḗmate	τρᾰγήμᾰτᾰ tragḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τραγηματίζω (tragēmatízō)
• τραγημάτιον (tragēmátion)
• τραγηματισμός (tragēmatismós)
• τραγηματοπώλης (tragēmatopṓlēs)
• τραγηματοπώλιον (tragēmatopṓlion)
• τραγηματώδης (tragēmatṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: tragēmata
  • → Old French: dragie
    • → English: dredge
    • → French: dragée

Further reading

• “τράγημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τράγημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τράγημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette