τράγος (trágos)

English: billy goat

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Linguistic Information

Word Typenoun
Gendermasculine
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About τράγος

As a noun, τράγος is of the masculine gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.

Definitions & Examples

  • noun:
    billy goat, male goat
  • noun:
    (anatomy) tragus
  • noun:
    (colloquial, derogatory) sleaze, sleazeball, sleazebag (a lecherous man)
  • noun:
    (colloquial, derogatory) priest (especially one with a long beard; compare: τραγόπαπας (tragópapas))

Declension Table

masculine noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeτράγοςτράγοι
genitiveτράγουτράγων
accusativeτράγοτράγους
vocativeτράγετράγοι

Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how τράγος appears in different grammatical contexts.

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Derived Terms

  • αποδιοπομπαίος τράγος (apodiopompaíos trágos)"Grek"
  • τράγειος (trágeios)"Grek"
  • τραγελαφικός (tragelafikós)"Grek"
  • τραγέλαφος (tragélafos)"Grek"