tragula

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”). Related to Latin trahō (“I drag”) and tergus (“back, rear”), Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō), English drag, draw, trigger, track.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtraː.ɡu.la/, [ˈtraː.ɡʊ.ɫa]

Noun

trāgula f (genitive trāgulae); first declension

  1. javelin, dart (having a throwing-strap)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trāgula trāgulae
Genitive trāgulae trāgulārum
Dative trāgulae trāgulīs
Accusative trāgulam trāgulās
Ablative trāgulā trāgulīs
Vocative trāgula trāgulae

Descendants

References
  • tragula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tragula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tragula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • tragula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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