tragus
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin tragus, from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat; part of the ear”); with reference to a tuft of hair, likened to a goat’s beard, that may grow on the tragus, especially in older men.
Pronunciation
Noun
tragus (plural tragi)
- (anatomy) The small piece of thick cartilage on the inner side of the external ear that is immediately in front of and partly closing the ear canal.
Derived terms
- antitragus
- intertragic
- post-tragus
- tragal
Translations
References
- “tragus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “tragus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “a he-goat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtra.ɡus/, [ˈt̪räɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtra.ɡus/, [ˈt̪räːɡus]
Noun
tragus m (genitive tragī); second declension
Inflection
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
→ English: tragus
References
- “tragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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