tragelaphus
tragelaphus noun: 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.
Noun
tragelaphus (plural tragelaphi)
- 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.
- The canathrum, as they call it, is a chair or chariot made of wood, in the shape of a griffin, or tragelaphus, on which the children and young virgins are carried in processions.1861, Plutarch, Plutarch's Lives: The Translation Called Dryden's, page 23
Forms of tragelaphus
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Origin of tragelaphus
From Latin tragelaphus.
Words formed from tragelaphus
Questions about tragelaphus
- What does tragelaphus mean?
- Tragelaphus means 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.
- What part of speech is tragelaphus?
- Tragelaphus is a noun.
- What is the plural of tragelaphus?
- The plural of tragelaphus is tragelaphi.
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