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 • (trắgēmă) n (genitive τρᾰγήμᾰτος); third declension

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

   Synonym: τρωγᾰ́λῐᾰ (trōgắlĭă)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τρᾰ́γημᾰ; τοῦ τρᾰγήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρᾰ́γημᾰ tò trắgēmă	τὼ τρᾰγήμᾰτε tṑ trăgḗmăte	τᾰ̀ τρᾰγήμᾰτᾰ tằ trăgḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ τρᾰγήμᾰτος toû trăgḗmătos	τοῖν τρᾰγημᾰ́τοιν toîn trăgēmắtoin	τῶν τρᾰγημᾰ́των tôn trăgēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ τρᾰγήμᾰτῐ tōî trăgḗmătĭ	τοῖν τρᾰγημᾰ́τοιν toîn trăgēmắtoin	τοῖς τρᾰγήμᾰσῐ / τρᾰγήμᾰσῐν toîs trăgḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ τρᾰ́γημᾰ tò trắgēmă	τὼ τρᾰγήμᾰτε tṑ trăgḗmăte	τᾰ̀ τρᾰγήμᾰτᾰ tằ trăgḗmătă
Vocative	τρᾰ́γημᾰ trắgēmă	τρᾰγήμᾰτε trăgḗmăte	τρᾰγήμᾰτᾰ trăgḗmătă
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