tragoedus Latin · revision 34454

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=grc τραγῳδός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tragoedus''' ''m'' (genitive tragoedī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|τραγῳδός|tr=tragōidós|t=tragic singer]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Saalfeld 1874) a compound of [[m|grc|τράγος|tr=trágos|t=he-goat]] and [[m|grc|ᾠδή|tr=ōidḗ|t=song]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on, in the ''Poenulus'', meaning a tragic actor.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the tragic actor, as opposed to the comic actor, [[cōmoedus]].^(Georges 1913) Cicero, Horace and Quintilian use it of the tragic actor, and Tacitus pairs it with the singer to the lyre, ''citharoedus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) ''Iuppiter Tragoedus'' was a statue of Jupiter at Rome, probably named after the street, the ''vicus Tragoedus'', in which it stood;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Suetonius mentions it.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ Medieval writers in Britain use it of a tragic actor or poet, a tragedian;^(DMLBS) John of Salisbury says Nero surpassed the tragic actors, and Roger Bacon notes the spelling ''trajedus''.^(DMLBS) It lives on in Italian [[m|it|tragedo]].^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it in the ''Poenulus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the tragic actor.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius mentions the statue of ''Iuppiter Tragoedus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A tragic [[m|en|actor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''Iuppiter Tragoedus'', a statue of Jupiter at Rome.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A tragic poet, [[m|en|tragedian]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tragoedia]]

+ * [[cōmoedus]]

+ * [[tragicus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes the general term [[āctor]] and the specific ''comoedus'' and ''tragoedus'', the player as a respectable artist, from ''ludius'', the comedian who makes acting a trade, and ''histrio''.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}