tragema
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τράγημα (trágēma).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [traˈɡeː.ma]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [traˈd͡ʒɛː.ma]
Noun
tragēma n (genitive tragēmatis); third declension
- sweetmeat, dessert, confectionery
- c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 13.11.7:
- nam quae pemmata Graecī aut tragēmata dīxērunt, ea veterēs nostrī bellāria appellāvērunt.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- What the Greeks called 'pemmata' ('confections') or 'tragemata' ('dainties'), our forefathers called ‘sweets'
- nam quae pemmata Graecī aut tragēmata dīxērunt, ea veterēs nostrī bellāria appellāvērunt.
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tragēma | tragēmata |
| genitive | tragēmatis | tragēmatum |
| dative | tragēmatī | tragēmatibus |
| accusative | tragēma | tragēmata |
| ablative | tragēmate | tragēmatibus |
| vocative | tragēma | tragēmata |
References
- “tragemata”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- tragemata in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “tragemata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press