τράγος

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • billy-goat
  • puberty, the age when change of voice appears
  • lewdness, lechery
  • male of the μαινίς (μαινίς) fish
  • spelt (Triticum spelta)
  • rough kind of sponge
  • (in Messenia) wild fig tree
  • jointfir ()
  • ()
  • (anatomy) tragus, a part of the ear
  • kind of light Lycian ship
  • (astronomy) kind of comet
  • (constellation) one of the constellations of the δωδεκᾰ́ωρος (δωδεκᾰ́ωρος)

Etymology

Compound from Ancient Greek τράγω + Ancient Greek -ος (adjectival suffix, noun of result an abstract noun of action)root from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (rub, turn, twist, bore, drill, rub by twisting, pierce, rub by turning, twisting, turnVerb, rub by twistVerb).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*terh₁-

Gloss

rub, turn, twist, bore, drill, rub by twisting, pierce, rub by turning, twisting, turnVerb, rub by twistVerb

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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