LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

trāgula

trāgula f (genitive trāgulae)
Classical[ˈtraː.ɡʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[ˈtraː.ɡu.la]

Meaning

  1. a javelin or dart having a throwing-strap (āmentum)
  2. dragnet, trawl
  3. a drag or sledge used in agriculture
    Quibus conportatur fructus ac necessariae res: de his fiscina a ferendo dicta. Corbes ab eo quod eo spicas aliudve quid corruebant; hinc minores corbulae dictae. De his quae iumenta ducunt, tragula, quod ab eo trahitur per terram; sirpea, quae virgis sirpatur, id est colligando implicatur, in qua stercus aliudve quid vehitur.Translation by Wiktionary As thereby fruits and necessities are carried, a punnet gets its name from carrying. A basket from the circumstance that it is plant-heads or similar fitted together; hence smaller are said basketlets. From this what draught animals drag we have the drag, for by it it drags over the earth; a wicker-basket one that is bound from wicker, that is folded by tying, sharn or the like being held therein.a. 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De lingua latina V.XXXI.139

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetrāgulatrāgulae
genitivetrāgulaetrāgulārum
dativetrāgulaetrāgulīs
accusativetrāgulamtrāgulās
ablativetrāgulātrāgulīs
vocativetrāgulatrāgulae

trāgŭla, ae, f. traho.
I. A kind of javelin or dart attached to a strap by which it was swung when thrown, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. spara, pp. 330 and 331 Müll.; Varr. ap. Non. 553, 31, and 555, 22; Caes. B. G. 5, 35; 5, 48; 1, 26; id. B. C. 1, 57; Liv 21, 7, 10; 24, 42, 2; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 553, 29; Auct. B. Hisp. 32, 2; Sil. 3, 318; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 115 Müll.; Gell. 10, 25, 2; Fest. p. 367; Val. Max. 7, 6, 5.—
II. Trop., an attack, a snare, plot (Plautinian): tragulam in te inicere adornat: nescio quam fabricam facit, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 25: volui inicere tragulam in nostrum senem, id. Ps. 1, 4, 14; id. Cas. 2, 4, 18.—
III. A kind of dragnet, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34.—
IV. A small traha or sledge, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  2. Latintrāgula

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom Latin -ula Latin trāgula By surface analysis, trahō (“to drag”) + -ula. For the long ā, compare the formations of rēgula, tēgula and sēcula. For potential cognates, see Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-; the reconstruction of this root is disputed. Compare typologically Polish włócznia (< włóczyć).

Descendants
  • Catalantralla
  • Spanishtrallafrom Catalan tralla
  • Frenchtraille
  • Italiantragliafrom French traille
  • Italiantragula
  • Frenchdraillefrom Old Occitan traio
  • Italiandragliafrom Old Occitan traio
  • Portuguesetralha
  • Portuguesetrelha
  • Spanishtrágula

Quick answers

What does trāgula mean in Latin?
trāgula, a noun, means “a javelin or dart having a throwing-strap (āmentum); dragnet, trawl; a drag or sledge used in agriculture”.
What is the genitive of trāgula?
The genitive singular is trāgulae. trāgula is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce trāgula?
In classical Latin, [ˈtraː.ɡʊ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtraː.ɡu.la].
Where does trāgula come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? → Latin trāgula.