"tragelaphus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tragelaphi [plural]
Etymology: From Latin tragelaphus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*terh₁-}}, {{bor|en|la|tragelaphus}} Latin tragelaphus Head templates: {{en-noun|tragelaphi}} 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. Derived forms: tragelaphic
    Sense id: en-tragelaphus-en-noun-xy6KastA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /traˈɡe.la.pʰus/ [Classical-Latin], [t̪räˈɡɛɫ̪äpʰʊs] [Classical-Latin], /traˈd͡ʒe.la.fus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [t̪räˈd͡ʒɛːläfus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τραγέλαφος (tragélaphos, “mythical goat-stag”, from τράγος (trágos, “billy goat”) + ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”)). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|τράγος|ἔλαφος|nocat=1|t1=billy goat|t2=deer}} τράγος (trágos, “billy goat”) + ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”), {{bor|la|grc|τραγέλαφος||mythical goat-stag|pos=from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">τράγος</i> (trágos, “billy goat”) + <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἔλαφος</i> (élaphos, “deer”)}} Ancient Greek τραγέλαφος (tragélaphos, “mythical goat-stag”, from τράγος (trágos, “billy goat”) + ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”)) Head templates: {{la-noun|tragelaphus<2>}} tragelaphus m (genitive tragelaphī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tragelaphus<2>}} Forms: tragelaphī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tragelaphus [nominative, singular], tragelaphī [nominative, plural], tragelaphī [genitive, singular], tragelaphōrum [genitive, plural], tragelaphō [dative, singular], tragelaphīs [dative, plural], tragelaphum [accusative, singular], tragelaphōs [accusative, plural], tragelaphō [ablative, singular], tragelaphīs [ablative, plural], tragelaphe [singular, vocative], tragelaphī [plural, vocative]
  1. goat-stag (a kind of antelope with a beard like a goat) Tags: declension-2, masculine

Inflected forms

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