Τράγος
he-goat
Translated by Catharine Roth28 Sep 2013Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[sc. So called] from having a rough [traxu/ ] pelt,1 [so] being something tra/xos . Or from having a rough voice. Or from running [tre/xein ]. And they say that the vines 'run to leaf' [traga=n ] when they do not bear fruit.
[Note] that the odor of he-goats is calledgra/sos . And a bad-smelling man is called a gra/swn .2 See a dialogue of a goat with an ox in the [entry on] "seventh ox."3
[Note] that the odor of he-goats is called
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τράγος· παρὰ τὸ τραχὺ δέρμα ἔχειν, τράχος τις ὤν. ἢ παρὰ τὸ τραχεῖαν ἔχειν φωνήν. ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ τρέχειν. καὶ τραγᾶν φασι τὰς ἀμπέλους, ὅταν μὴ καρπὸν φέρωσιν. ὅτι ἡ τῶν τράγων δυσοδμία γράσος λέγεται. καὶ γράσων ἄνθρωπος ὁ δύσοδμος. ζήτει διάλογον τράγου πρὸς βοῦν ἐν τῷ βοῦς ἕβδομος.
Betacode
*tra/gos: para\ to\ traxu\ de/rma e)/xein, tra/xos tis w)/n. h)\ para\ to\ traxei=an e)/xein fwnh/n. h)\ a)po\ tou= tre/xein. kai\ traga=n fasi ta\s a)mpe/lous, o(/tan mh\ karpo\n fe/rwsin. o(/ti h( tw=n tra/gwn dusodmi/a gra/sos le/getai. kai\ gra/swn a)/nqrwpos o( du/sodmos. zh/tei dia/logon tra/gou pro\s bou=n e)n tw=| bou=s e(/bdomos.
Notes (3)
Linked from2 entries
- γ426Γράσων ἄνθρωποςgoat-stink[Meaning] the bad odor of goats. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] gra/swn a)/nqrwpos ["goat-stinker fellow"], [meaning] one who is malodorous. "Do not be angry at the goat-stinker."
- τ898Τράγοςbilly-goat[sc. A name for] the wild fig amongst Messenians. Aristomenes received an oracle to the effect that, when a billy-goat drank the water of the river Neda, Mount Hira would be captured. And they prevented the billy-goats…
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