tragula

== English == === Noun === tragula (plural tragulae or tragulas) A type of javelin, used in ancient Sparta, attached to the thrower's wrist by a rope == Italian == === Noun === tragula f (plural tragule) tragula ==== Related terms ==== tragulario == Latin == === Etymology === By surface analysis, trahō (“I 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). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtraː.ɡʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtraː.ɡu.la] === Noun === trāgula f (genitive trāgulae); first declension a javelin or dart having a throwing-strap (āmentum) dragnet, trawl a drag or sledge used in agriculture Synonym: traha ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “tragula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tragula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “tragula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “tragula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers