tragicus Latin · revision 9375

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Plautus|origins=grc τράγος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtra.ɡɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtraː.d͡ʒi.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tragicus''' (feminine tragica, neuter tragicum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|τραγικός|tr=tragikós|t=of tragedy]], from [[m|grc|τράγος|tr=trágos|t=male goat]], perhaps referring to the goat-satyrs of the plays.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler lists a noun use in Plautus and the adjective from Cicero, and the OLD's earliest citation is the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of or belonging to tragic drama, as in Horace's ''carmen tragicum'' and Cicero's ''tragicus Orestēs'' “the Orestes of the stage”, and suitable to tragedy, lofty or tragic in style, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879) As a noun it was a tragic poet or actor.^(DMLBS)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ English took ''tragical'' (late 15th century) and [[en|tragic]] (1540s) on the model of Latin ''tragicus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of tragic style.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – English ''tragic'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of [[m|en|tragedy]], tragic.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Suited to tragedy, lofty; [[m|en|tragic]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A tragic poet or actor, [[m|en|tragedian]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tragicē]]

+ * [[tragicōmoedia]]

+ * [[tragoedia]]

+ * [[en|tragic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}