tragiumn.

Brit.

/ˈtreɪɡɪəm/, U.S.

/ˈtreɪɡiəm/

Forms:

α. 1500s 1900s tragion.

β. 1500s 1700s 2000s– tragium.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin tragion, tragium.

Etymology: < classical Latin tragion (in post-classical Latin also tragium (1531 or earlier; compare β. forms)), denoting an unidentified strong-smelling plant (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek τράγιον strong-smelling plant < ancient Greek τράγος he-goat (see tragus n.) + -ιον, suffix forming nouns.

Now historical.

A strong-smelling plant known to the ancient Greeks; (perhaps) white dittany or burning bush, Dictamnus albus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > unidentified or variously identified plants > biblical, mythical, or plants of antiquity > [noun]

honeysucklea1387

heath1535

bulbine1548

tragium1567

alimon1572

behen1578

ephemeron1578

spattania1583

cassia1594

anacampserote1601

springwort1862

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 62 Tragion saith Diascorides, onely Crete & Cicilie bringeth forth.

1587 R. Greene Euphues sig. D3^v The herbe Tragion being once byt with an Aspis neuer groweth.

1634 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World (new ed.) I. xiii. xxi. 398 As for the plant Tragium or Scorpio, it grows likewise in Asia.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vi. 114/1 Tragion, is a Tree or Shrub, that hath his bough, seed, and leaf like to the Mastich Tree, but not altogether so great.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tragium, a shrub..whose Leaves in Autumn stink like a Goat; also the Herb white Dittany.

1855 J. Bostock & H. T. Riley in tr. Pliny Nat. Hist. III. xiii. xxxvi. 202 (note) Guettard thinks that the tragion is the Androsæmon fetidum, the Hyperium hircinum of the modern botanists.

1881 H. Baillon Nat. Hist. Plants VII. 120 Tragium..with white petals, has a fruit covered with hairs or papillæ.

2004 H. P. Loewer Jefferson's Garden 89 The first name used for the gas plant was tragium, a variation on tragos, the Greek word for goat, because the plant's seedpods supposedly smelled like a goat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tragium
释义	tragiumn. Brit. /ˈtreɪɡɪəm/, U.S. /ˈtreɪɡiəm/ Forms: α. 1500s 1900s tragion. β. 1500s 1700s 2000s– tragium. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin tragion, tragium. Etymology: < classical Latin tragion (in post-classical Latin also tragium (1531 or earlier; compare β. forms)), denoting an unidentified strong-smelling plant (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek τράγιον strong-smelling plant < ancient Greek τράγος he-goat (see tragus n.) + -ιον, suffix forming nouns. Now historical. A strong-smelling plant known to the ancient Greeks; (perhaps) white dittany or burning bush, Dictamnus albus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > unidentified or variously identified plants > biblical, mythical, or plants of antiquity > [noun] honeysucklea1387 heath1535 bulbine1548 tragium1567 alimon1572 behen1578 ephemeron1578 spattania1583 cassia1594 anacampserote1601 springwort1862 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 62 Tragion saith Diascorides, onely Crete & Cicilie bringeth forth. 1587 R. Greene Euphues sig. D3^v The herbe Tragion being once byt with an Aspis neuer groweth. 1634 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World (new ed.) I. xiii. xxi. 398 As for the plant Tragium or Scorpio, it grows likewise in Asia. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vi. 114/1 Tragion, is a Tree or Shrub, that hath his bough, seed, and leaf like to the Mastich Tree, but not altogether so great. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tragium, a shrub..whose Leaves in Autumn stink like a Goat; also the Herb white Dittany. 1855 J. Bostock & H. T. Riley in tr. Pliny Nat. Hist. III. xiii. xxxvi. 202 (note) Guettard thinks that the tragion is the Androsæmon fetidum, the Hyperium hircinum of the modern botanists. 1881 H. Baillon Nat. Hist. Plants VII. 120 Tragium..with white petals, has a fruit covered with hairs or papillæ. 2004 H. P. Loewer Jefferson's Garden 89 The first name used for the gas plant was tragium, a variation on tragos, the Greek word for goat, because the plant's seedpods supposedly smelled like a goat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1567
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