comoedus Latin · revision 32926

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=grc κωμῳδός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [koːˈmoe̯.dʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [koˈmɛː.dus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōmoedus''' ''m'' (genitive cōmoedī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|κωμῳδός|tr=kōmōidós|t=comic actor, comic poet]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) [[comoedia|alt=Cōmoedia]] comes from the same Greek family.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates the noun from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it in his speech for the comic actor Roscius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a comic actor;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short contrast it with [[histrio|alt=histriō]], a player in general.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Quintilian also uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The adjective, that performs in comedy, is found in Juvenal's ''nātiō cōmoeda'', a whole nation of actors.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a comic actor.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal's nation of actors.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A comic actor, [[m|en|comedian]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Performing in comedy; given to acting.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōmoedia]]

+ * [[histrio|alt=histriō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein groups ''cōmoedus'' and ''tragoedus'' with [[actor]] as the player seen as a respectable artist, against ''lūdiō'' and ''histriō'', the player who makes acting his trade.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}