tragelaphus

See also: Tragelaphus

English

Etymology

Latin tragelaphus

Noun

tragelaphus (plural tragelaphi)

  1. A fictional animal, half goat, half stag, used by the philosopher Aristotle as an example of something that is knowable even though it does not exist.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραγέλαφος (tragélaphos, mythical goat-stag), from τράγος (trágos, billy goat) + ἔλαφος (élaphos, deer).

Noun

tragelaphus m (genitive tragelaphī); second declension

  1. goat-stag (a kind of antelope with a beard like a goat)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tragelaphus tragelaphī
Genitive tragelaphī tragelaphōrum
Dative tragelaphō tragelaphīs
Accusative tragelaphum tragelaphōs
Ablative tragelaphō tragelaphīs
Vocative tragelaphe tragelaphī

Descendants

References

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